Special Education

Essays written by scholars.

This four volume comprehensive encyclopedia on Special Education topics can be searched and read online.
Multiple user ebook.

Focuses on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds.

This handbook discusses early childhood special education (ECSE), with particular focus on evidence-based practices.

Synthesizes and builds on existing interdisciplinary research to establish a comprehensive case for effective psycho-educational theory, research, and practice that address learners with special needs, such as students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, other executive function difficulties, behavior and emotional disorders, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, dyslexia, language and communication difficulties, physical and sensory disabilities, and more.

A comprehensive overview of special education, including topics related to special ed needs, inclusion, learning, pedagogical approaches, assessment, social issues, research directions, special ed history, and more.

This ebook is a "comprehensive description of the theory and research supporting current practices in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders."

This comprehensive resource on autism and related disorders can be searched and read online.
Multiple user version

Part 1: Learning Needs and Educational Responses; Part 2: Early Intervention, Education in Core Domains and Family Support; Part 3: School-Based and Academic Education: Access and Support; Part 4: Collaborative Working in Education; Part 5: Education for Life and Barriers to Education; Part 6: Data Collection in Education and Measurement of Progress.

Chapters cover many aspects of EBD, including definitions, causes, interventions, and teacher professional development.

Overviews of developmental disorders written by experts.

Provides overviews of conditions, educational service delivery systems, & evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies.

A standard reference in the field, this comprehensive handbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about the nature and classification of learning disabilities (LD), their causes, and how individuals with these difficulties can be identified and helped to succeed.

This book reviews systematic training programs that are designed to enhance the language, reading, literacy and cognitive skills of individuals with Learning Disabilities in various disciplines.

The Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders is a comprehensive reference work on movement disorders, encompassing a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and pharmacology.
Single user version

PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep) and PANS (Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) occur when an abnormal immune response produces brain inflammation, leading to unusual psychological symptoms in children. Contributions from experts provide educators with the understanding needed to be able to collaboratively identify PANDAS and PANS, and carry out effective interventions.

This Encyclopedia shifts focus away from the medical model that has viewed deaf individuals as needing to be remedied in order to correct so-called hearing and speaking deficiencies for the sole purpose of assimilation into mainstream society. Search by keyword or use the "Reader's Guide" to browse by topic.