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Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, 9th Edition

William L. Heward, The Ohio State University

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Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education has always been known for its innovation, strong research base and accessibility. The ninth edition has all of those strengths, but has a greater focus on highly effective, research-based practices that are described in a very step-by-step, applied manner. This book is for those teachers who will be professionals in the area of special education or those who are working with students that have exceptionalities.

Features

A Focus on Exceptional Teachers

Featured Teacher essays-Each chapter begins with a first-person essay by master teachers that reflects the joys, challenges, and realities of teaching exceptional children. Drawn from urban, suburban, and rural school districts across the country, the 18 featured teachers share personal experiences and wisdom gathered from years of instructing children in a variety of school settings.
MyEducationLab-Access to MyEducationLab for this text allows readers to see, hear, and learn from the teachers featured in the text through video. Throughout the book MyEducationLab icons connect key content and concepts practiced by master teachers to Homework & Exercises on MyEducationLab.
Tips for Beginning Teachers-Each chapter culminates with practical, quick tips for beginning teachers (offered by the master teacher featured in each chapter) on how to avoid common pitfalls in the classroom.

A Focus on Effective Research-Based Practices

Teaching & Learning features-All of the strategies described in the Teaching & Learning features are classroom-tested, supported by research, and provide clear and practical guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction for students with disabilities. Furthermore, each Teaching & Learning feature includes a step-by-step “How to Get Started” section for implementing the strategy in the classroom.
MyEducationLab-Each of the research-based practices discussed in the Teaching & Learning features of the text are connected to Homework & Exercises in MyEducationLab that extend and further develop these strategies through video, artifacts, or articles.

A Focus on Current Issues & Trends

Current Issues & Future Trends features-These essays highlight the ever changing nature of special education with its controversial issues, triumphs, struggles and profiles of interventions involved in special education.

For future preparation and teacher certification:

CEC Performance-Based Standards-Common Core standards are printed on the inside front cover of the text. Margin notes throughout the text link critical content to specific knowledge and skill statements from CEC’s Performance-Based Standards for Beginning Teachers.
Coverage of PRAXIS II Tests-A PRAXIS Study Grid in the Appendix shows where content areas of the PRAXIS II Test, Special Education Core Principles, are discussed in the text. A listing of the PRAXIS Special Education Core Principles is on the inside back cover of this text.

New to This Edition

Extensive coverage on Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI). Discussions in chapter 2 (Planning and Providing Special Education Services), chapter 5 (Learning Disabilities), and chapter 6 (Emotional or Behavioral Disorders).
MyEduacionLab integrated throughout the text.
New feature: Current Issues and Future Trends integrated into each chapter. A sampling of these features include the following: "Self-Determination: The Most Natural Support (chapter 4); "The Autism Wars" (chapter 7); and "What Happened to Functional Curriculum?" (chapter 12).
Many new Teaching & Learning features highlight step-by-step strategies teachers can take into the classroom (2 per chapter).
Completely updated references and citations for the most current and research-based information available.

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Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, 9th Edition

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