Exceptionality in School and Society: A Guide for Future Educators
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2023
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2023
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Our text, Exceptionality in School and Society: A Guide for Future Educators is written for a unique audience and may appear a bit different than some other popular and excellent textbooks on special education. We have tailored the design, content, and writing style for an audience of aspiring educators who need a text to give them a solid foundation rather than a comprehensive summary. Further, the text has been written to convey important concepts in a manner that is more practical and accessible to future educators with an emerging understanding of the processes that occur to support learners experiencing difficulty in school. We would expect that there will be future special education teachers reading this book, but it is not intended for those individuals alone. In fact, the book is designed to highlight the fundamental issues relevant to all educators in American public schools.
The text highlights the “big ideas” and critical content of special education, as it currently exists, answering the essential questions:
• Who are the children in special education?
• How did they become eligible for special education services?
• What are my responsibilities for meeting the needs of children in special education?
This text has been designed with the intent of applying principles of explicit instruction to a textbook. Throughout the text, you will find graphic organizers, summaries of key points, support in developing background knowledge of key concepts and new terms, explanations of terminology in accessible language, and an ongoing emphasis of the “big ideas” of special education. We would hope that future educators reading this book would be able to develop appropriate background knowledge to understand the historical and contextual issues associated with special education and find the chapters on disability categories useful as primers on vast and complicated topics.
We hope that this text will be a positive first step in your development as highly effective teachers for all students in your future classes.
Preface
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction to Exceptionality and Disability in U.S. Schools and Society
CHAPTER 2:
Foundations of Academic Exceptionalities: Defi ning Normality, Disability, and Giftedness in School Settings
CHAPTER 3:
Special Education in Diverse Communities
Shaqwana Freeman-Green, Chris O’Brien, Lan Kolano, Joan Lachance, and Theresa Perez
CHAPTER 4:
The Special Education Process for Designing and Providing Specially Designed Instruction
John Beattie and Jeremy Lopuch
CHAPTER 5:
Preventing School Failure for Students with Academic and Behavioral Difficulties
Holly Johnson, Benikia Kressler, Melissa Brydon, Stephanie Morano, and LuAnn Jordan
CHAPTER 6:
Specific Learning Disability
Chris O’Brien, Jeremy Lopuch, and John Beattie
CHAPTER 7:
Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
Alicia Brophy and Chris O’Brien
CHAPTER 8:
Health Impairments including ADHD
Beth Keller, John Beattie, Kelly R. Kelley, and Chris O’Brien
CHAPTER 9:
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Melissa Hudson and John Beattie
CHAPTER 10:
Speech and/or Language Impairments
CHAPTER 11:
Teaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Julie L. Thompson and Victoria Knight
CHAPTER 12:
Hearing Loss and Deafness
CHAPTER 13:
Teaching Students with Blindness and Visual Impairment
Kimberly Avila
CHAPTER 14:
Orthopedic Impairments and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Kelly R. Kelley and Donna Sacco
CHAPTER 15:
Early Intervention or Early Childhood Special Education and the Prevention of School Failure
Laura S. McCorkle and JaneDiane Smith
CHAPTER 16:
Promoting Inclusion by Reducing Barriers: The Role of Technology and Universal Design
Debra G. Holzberg and Chris O’Brien
Index