Introduction to Special Education: The Spectrum of Exceptionalities
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 344
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 345
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Why Teach Students with Disabilities?
- Because you SINCERELY love ALL children, regardless of ability or disability
- You want to challenge the deficit thinking of students with disabilities to what they can do with a focus on high expectations and rigorous research-based instruction
- You vow to meet all students where they are and prepare them for the future
- Your interaction with students with disabilities can promote equity and social justice for all students
This book contains…
- Sample documents used in special education
- Each chapter begins with a vignette that aspiring teaching might encounter in their classrooms and strategies of how to work with that student
- A chapter that focuses on culturally responsive pedagogy to address the unique learning needs of students with disabilities
About the authors…
- Contributing authors are from across the United States
- Doctoral students, Assistant/Associate/Full Professors, Program Coordinators/Directors, Associate Deans, Deans, Retirees, etc.
- A chapter written by Dr. Donna Y. Ford, a leading scholar in gifted education and currently a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University
- A chapter written by Dr. Erin Lynch, the President of THE QEM Network, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, dedicated to improving education throughout the nation
Preface
Biographies
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1 History of Special Education
Dr. Anthony R. Sanders
CHAPTER 2 Universal Design for Learning, Inclusion, and Differentiated Instruction
Dr. Erin Lynch
CHAPTER 3 Response to Intervention and Collaboration
Dr. Lori Allen
CHAPTER 4 Comparing and Contrasting Elementary and Secondary Education Instructional Strategies
Tangie Duncan, Dr. Hanrui He, and Dr. Moniqueka E. Gold
CHAPTER 5 Assessment
Dr. Erin Lynch
CHAPTER 6 Specific Learning Disabilities: Identifying This Population
Dr. Moniqueka E. Gold and Dr. Heraldo Richards
CHAPTER 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders
Emmanuel Mejeun, Dr. John R. McConnell, III and Dr. Larry Lowrance
(In Memoriam)
CHAPTER 8 Speech/Language Impairments
Dr. Avril Bingue
CHAPTER 9 Early Childhood/Interventions and the Family Partnership
Dr. Moniqueka E. Gold and Dr. Sandra Nichols
CHAPTER 10 Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Dr. Eva M. Gibson, Dr. Thurman E. Webb, and Dr. Winifred D. Bedford
CHAPTER 11 Other Health Impaired
Dr. Lori Allen
CHAPTER 12 Intellectual Disabilities
Dr. Clinton Smith
CHAPTER 13 Introduction to Assistive Technology
Dr. Roddrain Grimes, and Dr. Michelle Doty
CHAPTER 14 Gifted and Talented Education: An Overview
Dr. Brian L. Wright
Dr. Donna Y. Ford
CHAPTER 15 Multiple Disabilities
Dr. Olivia R. Hester, Dr. Shannon B. Romano, and Dr. Kagendo Mutua
CHAPTER 16 Orthopedic Impairments
Dr. Amy Williamson, Hannah Merrill, and Dr. Kagendo Mutua
CHAPTER 17 Sensory Impairments
Dr. Moniqueka E. Gold, Dr. Shannon Dart, and Dr. Marina McCormick
CHAPTER 18 Multicultural Education in Consideration of Children With Exceptionalities
Dr. Charmaine Lowe
APPENDICES
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Self-Assessment
Sample 504 Plan
Sample FBA and BIP
Sample IDEA Parent Consent Form
Sample IEE Request
Sample IEP
Sample IFSP
Sample IHP
Sample Transition Plan