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Direct linkFestus E. Obiakor Ed.; Jeffrey P. Bakken Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2024
Special education has changed over the years since its inception due to advocacy, litigation, legislation, trends, and research investigations. While it can be somewhat controversial depending on the disability the child might have or professionals involved in the process of instructing and planning his/her future education, it is a field that has…
Descriptors: Special Education, Values, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2023
"Using Technology to Enhance Special Education," Volume 37 of Advances in Special Education, is a logically, thoughtfully organized, and well-sequenced text. It focuses on how general and special educators can use technology to work with children and youth with disabilities. This cutting-edge book involves researchers, scholars,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Wehmeyer, Michael L., Ed.; Webb, Kristine W., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Transition from secondary education to adulthood represents a period during which adolescents with disabilities face multiple responsibilities and changing roles that include establishing independence, attending postsecondary education or training, developing social networks, choosing a career, participating in their communities, and managing…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Learning Disabilities, Secondary School Students, Guides
Download full textWinnick, Joseph P., Ed.; Short, Francis X., Ed. – 1981
The report contains 12 author contributed chapters concerned with special athletic opportunities for individuals with handicapping conditions. The monograph begins with a detailed treatment of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 followed by descriptions of athletic programs developed by various groups. Remaining chapters are concerned…
Descriptors: Athletics, Basketball, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
This document contains chapters XXIII through the Index of the Biennial Survey of Education document, covering the years 1926-1928. The following chapters are included: (23) Statistics of teachers colleges and normal schools, 1927-28; (24) Statistics of public high schools, 1927-28; (25) Statistics of private high schools and academies, 1927-28;…
Descriptors: Statistics, Schools of Education, High Schools, Delinquency
Corrick, Marshall E., Jr., Ed. – 1981
One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped children, the book presents 19 papers on science instruction. Papers address the issues of goals; prerequisites; approaches (cooperative, multisensory, and concept analysis); materials; barriers; and evaluation. The following titles and authors are included: "Science for the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Kearns, Lola H., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The 23 papers were written by staff and consultants of the Arts in Special Education Project of Pennsylvania, a program to provide assistance to educators in the development of appropriate quality arts programing for handicapped students. After two overview papers, the papers are grouped by category--art, dance, drama, and music. Papers have the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Blindness, Cognitive Development, Creative Development
Kauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design
Hodge, Bonnie M., Ed.; Preston-Sabin, Jennie, Ed. – 1997
This book is a product of an ongoing project which is identifying teaching strategies and/or accommodations for college students with disabilities. The strategies have proven practical and successful by teaching practitioners who responded to a survey of members of the National Association for Developmental Education. The first chapter introduces…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Blindness
Heck, W. H., Comp. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Medical journals are not often accessible to students and practitioners of education, and therefore the wealth of material in these journals regarding the health of school children is mainly lost to the educational world. The present bulletin is the result of a desire to put this material at the disposal of superintendents, principals, professors,…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Periodicals, Child Health, Young Children
