Handbook of special education

Section I. Historical and contemporary issues in educating exceptional learners / section editor, James M. Kauffman

A history of special education / Michael M. Gerber

Contemporary issues / James M. Kauffman, ... [et al.]

Statistics, data, and special educational decisions: basic links to realities / James M. Kauffman and John Wills Lloyd

Designing rigorous group studies in special education: common understandings of efficacy, effectiveness, and evidence standards / Lana Santoro, Russell Gersten, and Rebecca A. Newman-Gonchar

Special education teacher preparation / Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, and Sara Mills

Section II. Legal aspects of special education / section editor, Mitchell L. Yell

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: the evolution of special education law / Mitchell L. Yell, Antonis Katsiyannis, and M. Renee Bradley

Free appropriate public education / Mitchell L. Yell and Jean B. Crockett

Individual education programs for children with disabilities / Barbara D Bateman

Least restrictive environment / Michael Rozalski, Jason Miller, and Angie Stewart

Section III. The general education context of special education / section editor, Naomi P. Zigmond

Responsiveness to intervention models for reducing reading difficulties and identifying learning disability / Rollanda E. O'Connor and Victoria Sanchez

Standards-based reform and students with disabilities / Martha L. Thurlow and Rachel F. Quenemoen

Co-teaching for students with disabilities: a critical analysis of the empirical literature / Bryan G. Cook, ... [et al.]

General and special education are (and should be) different / Naomi P Zigmond and Amanda Kloo

Section IV. Special education categories / section editors, Paige C. Pullen and Daniel P. Hallahan

Intellectual and developmental disabilities / Edward A. Polloway, James R. Patton, and Marvalin A. Nelson

Learning disabilities / Paige C. Pullen, ... [et al.]

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Karen J. Rooney

Emotional and behavioral disorders / Timothy J. Landrum

Communication disorders / Filip T. Loncke

Deaf and hard of hearing students / Jean F. Andrews, Pamela C. Shaw, and Gabriel Lomas

Blindness and low vision / George J. Zimmerman and Kim T. Zebehazy

Traumatic brain injury / Renée Lajiness-O'Neill and Laszlo A. Erdodi

Current issues and trends in the education of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders / Maureen A. Conroy, Janine P. Stichter, and Nicholas Gage

Severe and multiple disabilities / Susan M. Bruce

Special gifts and talents / Carolyn M. Callahan.

Section V. Assessment of students with disabilities / section editor, Jennifer H. Lindstrom

High stakes testing and accommodations / Jennifer H. Lindstrom

Academic progress monitoring / Sheri Berkeley and Paul J. Riccomini

Section VI. Policy and leadership in the administration of special education / section editor, Jean B. Crockett

Conceptual models for leading and administrating special education / Jean B. Crockett

Fiscal policy and funding for special education / Thomas Parrish and Jenifer Harr-Robins

Using professional standards to inform leadership in special education / Mary Lynn Boscardin

Factors influencing special education teacher quality and effectiveness / Bonnie S. Billingsley

Section VII. Instructional issues for students with high incidence disabilities / section editor, John Wills Lloyd

Reading / Paige C. Pullen and Deanna B. Cash

Writing and students with disabilities / Steve Graham and Karen R. Harris

The development of arithmetic and word-problem skill among students with mathematics disability / Lynn S. Fuchs, ... [et al.]

Science and social studies / Thomas E. Scruggs, Margo A. Mastropieri, and Lisa Marshak

Physical education / Luke E. Kelly and Martin E. Block

Career and technical education / Maureen A. Schloss and Philip L. Gunter

Technology and academic instruction: considerations for students with high incidence cognitive disabilities / Cheryl A. Wissick and J. Emmet Gardner

Section VIII. Instructional issues for students with low incidence cognitive disabilities / section editor, Adelle Renzaglia

Educating students with significant cognitive disabilities: historical overview and future projections / Fred Spooner and Fredda Brown

Systematic instruction of students with severe disabilities / Erik Drasgow, ... [et al.]

Instructional contexts / John McDonnell

Access to general education curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities / Michael L. Wehmeyer

Preparing students with significant cognitive disabilities for life skills / Stacy K. Dymond.

Section IX. Transition to adulthood and high incidence disabilities / section editor, David Scanlon

Transition to postsecondary education / Joseph W. Madaus, Manju Banerjee, and Deborah Merchant

Career choice patterns and behaviors of work-bound youth with high incidence disabilities / Jay W. Rojewski and Noel Gregg

Transition to daily living for persons with high incidence disabilities / David Scanlon, James R. Patton, and Marshall Raskind

Section X. Transition of students with low incidence disabilities / section editor, M. Sherril Moon

Preparing students with low incidence disabilities to work in community / Katherine J. Inge and M. Sherril Moon

Preparing students with low incidence disabilities for community living opportunities / Jane M. Everson and Meghan H. Trowbridge

Section XI. Parent and family issues in special education / section editor, George H. S. Singer

Evolution of the parent movement: past, present, and future / H. Rutherford Turnbull, III, Karrie A Shogren, and Ann P. Turnbull

Resilience in families of children with disabilities: risk and protective factors / George H. S. Singer, ... [et al.]

Promoting family outcomes in early intervention / Donald B. Bailey, Jr., ... [et al.]

Section XII. Early identification and intervention in exceptionality / section editor, Maureen A. Conroy

Advances in theory, assessment, and intervention with infants and toddlers with disabilities / Carl J. Dunst

Early intervention and prevention of disability: preschoolers / Kathleen J. Marshall, ... [et al.]

Frameworks for guiding program focus and practices in early intervention / Patricia A. Snyder, Tara W. McLaughlin, and Maria K. Denney

Early identification and intervention in gifted education: developing talent in diverse learners / Catherine M. Brighton and Jane M. Jarvis

Section XIII. Cultural and international issues in special education / section editor, Dimitris Anastasiou

Ethnicity and exceptionality / Dimitri Anastasiou, Ralph Gardner, III, and Domna Michail

Gender and exceptionality / Martha J. Coutinho and Donald P. Oswald

International differences in provision for exceptional learners / Dimitris Anastasiou and Clayton Keller.