Issues in Special Education
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Description
Reviews and examines practices, controversial issues, trends and future directions in special education. This book analyzes such subjects as family stress, death education, involuntary euthanasia, disciplinary procedures and the school year.
ISBN
978-0874847512
Publication Date
1987
Publisher
Mayfield Publishing Co.
City
Mountain View CA
Disciplines
Education
Comments
Table of Contents
Part I
1. Characteristics of Successful Service Systems for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
2. Involuntary Euthanasia: Withholding Treatment from Infants with Severe Handicaps
3. The Restricted Use of Traditional Disciplinary Procedures with Handicapped Youngsters
4. Minimum Competency Testing for handicapped Students: Is It Working?
5. The IEP Revisited: A Look at the Concept and the Reality
6. Providing for Rural Special Education Needs
7. Culturally Diverse Special Education Students
Part II
8. The Efficacy of Special Versus Regular Class Placement of Exceptional Students
9. Mainstreamed and Integrated Preschool Programs
10. Stressors and Reactions Experienced by Special Education Professional
11. The Impact of a Disabled Child: Familial Stress and Professional Strategies
Part III
12. Rethinking Practices in Classifying Students with Mild Handicaps
13. Neuropsychological Assessments of Exceptional Children: Impact on Special Education
14. Assessment Practices for Young Handicapped Children
15. Vocational Evaluation of handicapped Adolescents and Youths
Part IV
16. Testing and Grading Mainstreamed Students in Regular Education Subjects
17. Computer Applications in Special Education
18. Development of Social Skills
Part V
19. Advances in Methods and Programming with Autistic Children
20. Death Education: An Issue for the Living
21. Extended School Year Programs for Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Students: A Case for It
22. Training in Natural Environments to Minimize the Handicaps of Students with Severe Impairments
Index