Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, 12th edition
- William L. Heward |
- Sheila R. Alber-Morgan |
- Moira Konrad |
Title overview
For pre-service teacher candidates studying to work with students and individuals with exceptionalities.
An informative introduction to the ongoing story of special education
Exceptional Children focuses on 15 experienced teachers to give readers first-person insight into the field. Step-by-step details show how these special educators use effective, research-based practices to promote student achievement in classrooms.
The 12th Edition includes new high-leverage practice and transition features to help aspiring teachers model focused practices and priorities. Updated content in every chapter reflects the field of special education today.
Hallmark features of this title
- Featured Teacher Essays begin each chapter with a first-person account by master teachers, drawn from districts across the country.
- Advice from the Featured Teacher sections conclude each chapter by offering practical, quick tips for beginning teachers to enhance student learning and avoid common classroom pitfalls.
- Teaching & Learning boxes present strategies that are research-supported and classroom-tested. They provide practical guidelines for designing instruction for exceptional students.
- Current research, law, and practice is incorporated into every chapter.
- Updated sections on special education legislation and recent court cases, including the 2017 U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District case.
New and updated features of this title
Real-world insight from exceptional teachers
- NEW: Transition: Next Year Is Now features in every chapter help teacher candidates prepare students for successful transition to adulthood.
- 5 NEW: Featured teachers join the returning all-star cast to share their real-world stories and research-based instructional strategies (Chs. 4, 5, 7, 8 and 15).
A focus on effective research-based practices
- NEW: High-Leverage Practices (HLPs), identified by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center, are highlighted throughout the text.
- NEW: Cooperative learning (Ch. 4), direct Instruction for reading (Ch. 5), supporting children with cochlear implants in classrooms (Ch. 9) and promoting students' independence with high-tech tools (Ch. 10).
- UPDATED: Peer helpers (with video and suggestions provided in the Pearson eText) (Ch. 12).
The LMS-Compatible Assessment Bank streamlines assessments and grading
- Learning outcome quizzes, application exercises and automatically graded chapter tests can be assigned from a packaged file. Questions give students feedback and model responses based on their answers.
Table of contents
PART I: Foundations for Understanding Special Education
1. The Purpose and Promise of Special Education
2. Planning and Providing Special Education Services
3. Collaborating with Families
PART II: Educational Needs of Exceptional Students
4. Intellectual Disabilities
5. Learning Disabilities
6. Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
7. Autism Spectrum Disorder
8. Communication Disorders
9. Deafness and Hearing Loss
10. Blindness and Low Vision
11. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Health Impairments, and Physical Disabilities
12. Low-Incidence Disabilities: Multiple Disabilities, Deaf-Blindness, and Traumatic Brain Injury
13. Gifted and Talented
PART III: Special Education Across the Life Span
14. Early Childhood Special Education
15. Transition to Adulthood
Author bios
About our authors
William L. Heward, Ed.D., BCBA-D, is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, where he helped train special education teachers for 30 years. Dr. Heward has been a Fulbright Scholar in Portugal and a Visiting Professor of Psychology at Keio University in Tokyo and at the University of São Paulo, and he has lectured and given workshops for teachers in 23 other countries. Among the honors Bill has received are The Ohio State University's Distinguished Teaching Award and the American Psychological Association's Division 25 Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award for lifetime achievements in education. His publications include co-authoring the books Applied Behavior Analysis and Sign Here: A Contracting Book for Children and Their Parents, each of which has been translated into numerous languages. Bill's research interests include "low-tech" methods for increasing the effectiveness of group instruction in inclusive classrooms.
Sheila R. Alber-Morgan, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Alber-Morgan taught for 7 years in inclusive K to 8 classrooms in urban and rural South Carolina and for more than 20 years in higher education. She has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed research and practitioner articles, book chapters, textbook ancillaries, and the book Using RTI to Teach Literacy to Diverse Learners, K8: Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom (Corwin Press, 2010). Sheila's research, most of which has been designed and implemented in collaboration with classroom teachers, has focused on behavioral interventions and strategies for promoting the generalization and maintenance of academic, functional and social skills.
Moira Konrad, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Konrad has 9 years of public school experience teaching students with a range of disabilities and has been involved in teacher preparation for more than 20 years. Moira's publications include more than 50 peer-reviewed publications on instructional efficiency, self-determination and written expression. She currently serves as Associate Editor for Intervention in School and Clinic and on the Editorial Boards for Remedial and Special Education and the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.