Exceptional children and youth : an introduction to special education / Norris Grover Haring and Linda McCormick

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, c1994Description: xviii, 652 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0020350093x
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 3981 .E933 1994
Contents:
1. Overview of special education -- 2. Cultural and linguistic diversity and exceptionality -- 3. Infants and young children with special needs -- 4. Learning disabilities -- 5. Behavior disorders -- 6. Mild mental retardation -- 7. Moderate, Severe and profound disabilities -- 8. Physical health impairments -- 9. Communication disorders -- 10.Hearing impairments -- 11. Visual impairments -- 12. The gifted and talented -- 13. Families of children with disabilities -- 14. Transition to work and community living.
Summary: The field of education of students with exceptionalities has, from the early years of special instructional planning, been dynamic. Special education is among the newest disciplines, engaged in the comprehensive management of programs for students, who, because of their learning and behavioral characteristics, require individualized education to facilitate achieving their full potential. Since the 1970s, special education has been in rapid transition. Major legislation passed by Congress requiring free, appropriate education for all individuals in the least restricted environment has had the most significant impact on public education since the National Compulsory Education Act. The most important change, at least as it has affected general education, has been the trend toward full inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms. "Inclusive education" means that children with disabilities are to be educated in regular classrooms with their nondisabled peers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview of special education -- 2. Cultural and linguistic diversity and exceptionality -- 3. Infants and young children with special needs -- 4. Learning disabilities -- 5. Behavior disorders -- 6. Mild mental retardation -- 7. Moderate, Severe and profound disabilities -- 8. Physical health impairments -- 9. Communication disorders -- 10.Hearing impairments -- 11. Visual impairments -- 12. The gifted and talented -- 13. Families of children with disabilities -- 14. Transition to work and community living.

The field of education of students with exceptionalities has, from the early years of special instructional planning, been dynamic. Special education is among the newest disciplines, engaged in the comprehensive management of programs for students, who, because of their learning and behavioral characteristics, require individualized education to facilitate achieving their full potential. Since the 1970s, special education has been in rapid transition. Major legislation passed by Congress requiring free, appropriate education for all individuals in the least restricted environment has had the most significant impact on public education since the National Compulsory Education Act. The most important change, at least as it has affected general education, has been the trend toward full inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms. "Inclusive education" means that children with disabilities are to be educated in regular classrooms with their nondisabled peers.

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