Special Education

This print book is available for in library use on Reserve Reference (ask at EMU Library Checkout Desk).

The EMU Library has this in print form on Reserve Reference (ask at the EMU Library Checkout Desk)

"The Desk reference to the diagnosis criteria from DSM-5 is meant to be used in conjunction with the full DSM-5"

Challenges the assumptions and approach made by the DSM, and provides a vision and plan for an evidence-based, process-based approach to individualized care.

An earlier edition of the DSM is available as an ebook.

Now significantly revised for DSM-5, the book cuts through the overwhelming length and complexity of the diagnostic manual by focusing thematically on the most common child and adolescent concerns. Tips are provided for diagnostic decision making and coding, and technical terms are demystified. The book highlights links to special education eligibility under IDEA and discusses ethical and professional issues in school-based assessment.

Explains how DSM-5 differs from its predecessor in terms of organizational structure, diagnostic categories, and the criteria themselves.

Chapters address the prevalence of a disorder in school-age populations, appropriate diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, comorbid disorders, available rapid assessment instruments, school-based interventions using multi-tiered systems of support, and suggestions for progress monitoring.