Special Education

Guides readers through the design, administration, and interpretation of dyslexia assessments.

A compilation of theoretical background and concrete approaches designed to increase understanding and outline strategies to support autistic children and young people who experience anxiety in the school environment.

Provides info on how to effectively implement special education programs and exams issues, from developing & implementing individual education programs (IEPs) that confer a free appropriate public education, Section 504, least restrictive environment (LRE), and successfully collaborating with parents, to issues regarding accountability, staffing, bullying, early childhood special education, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), evidence-based practices, transition, discipline, and the school-to-prison pipeline.

This book explores the evolving theories on autism and how these have impacted the interventions and outcomes in education.

Provides theories, frameworks, and more to support educators in using socio-culturally sustaining practices, curricula, and instruction through an intersectional lens.

Brings together leading experts to present data-based individualization (DBI), a systematic approach to providing intensive intervention which is applicable to reading, math, and behavior.

Through powerful narratives of parents of Black and Latinx students with disabilities, this book provides a unique look at the relationship between disability, race, urban space, and market-driven educational policies.

Improves teachers' understanding of Antisocial Orientation (AO) including the pathology, assessment, biological & sociological factors, and treatments for youth with AO. Also, classroom strategies, interventions, and modifications to the school environment to foster prosocial orientation.

Discusses the challenges of educating students with emotional disabilities in general education classrooms, and provides recommendations.

Foremost LD experts identify effective principles of assessment and instruction within the framework of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). With a focus on what works in the classroom, the book explores the full range of reading, mathematics, and writing disabilities.

Designed to be a valuable resource, this book provides educators, administrators, practitioners, and families with a clear understanding of how to meet the instructional, emotional, and social needs of students with learning disabilities.

Identifies and analyzes important yet insufficiently explored moral issues in k-12 special education.

Makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire, because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species's inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges.

Readers will see an insider's view of controversies in autism research. Siegel's views, sometimes iconoclastic, always frank and informed, challenge broad unexamined assumptions about our understanding of autism.

Examines the preventive and remedial powers of consultation for indirectly supporting the needs of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), through collaborating with their parents and educators.

Children who struggle with processing sensory input can experience a wide range of symptoms, including hypersensitivity to sound, sight and touch, poor fine motor skills and easy distractibility. Helps teachers to better support and understand their students and their sensory needs.

"provides a thorough examination of the basic concept of special education, a discussion of specific exceptionalities, and constructive responses to common criticisms of special education."

Focuses on implementation of evidence-based interventions, strategies, and practices. Includes case studies, as well as step-by-step directions for conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA), developing Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), and monitoring student progress.