Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education

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David Bateman - Independent Consultant
Mitchell Yell - University of South Carolina, USA
Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education
April 2019 | 296 pages | Corwin
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Building and supporting effective special education programs

School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few feel adequately prepared to meet the demands. Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education helps you build and support timely, legally sound, and effective special education services and programs. Readers will find:

  • the most up-to-date information on how to effectively implement special education programs, processes, and procedures
  • examination of a wide variety of issues, from developing and 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
  • extensive references and resources

Written as a comprehensive reference for all who work with students with disabilities, this book offers the most up-to-date research and field-tested strategies from a range of experts that special education professionals can confidently and immediately apply. 

Contents

Chapter 1: Hot Topics for Litigation

Chapter 1: Hot Topics for Litigation

Chapter 2: Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: Considerations for the Field

Chapter 2: Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: Considerations for the Field

Chapter 3: A Free, Appropriate Public Education

Chapter 3: A Free, Appropriate Public Education

Chapter 4: Working with Parents

Chapter 4: Working with Parents

Chapter 5: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition-Age Youth

Chapter 5: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition-Age Youth

Chapter 6: Discipline and Students with Disabilities

Chapter 6: Discipline and Students with Disabilities

Chapter 7: The Research-to-Practice Gap in Special Education

Chapter 7: The Research-to-Practice Gap in Special Education

Chapter 8: What Educators Need to Know About Accountability

Chapter 8: What Educators Need to Know About Accountability

Chapter 9: Taking Aim at Current Trends in Early Childhood Special Education

Chapter 9: Taking Aim at Current Trends in Early Childhood Special Education

Chapter 10: Current Trends in Bully Prevention: Implications for Youth with Disabilities

Chapter 10: Current Trends in Bully Prevention: Implications for Youth with Disabilities

Chapter 11: Innovation in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health

Chapter 11: Innovation in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health

Chapter 12: Current Trends in Preparing General Education Teachers to Work With Students With Disabilities

Chapter 12: Current Trends in Preparing General Education Teachers to Work With Students With Disabilities

Chapter 13: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Chapter 13: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Chapter 14: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Issues and Trends

Chapter 14: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Issues and Trends

Chapter 15: Preparing Future Leaders and Administrators of Special Education

Chapter 15: Preparing Future Leaders and Administrators of Special Education

Description

Building and supporting effective special education programs

School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few feel adequately prepared to meet the demands. Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education helps you build and support timely, legally sound, and effective special education services and programs. Readers will find:

  • the most up-to-date information on how to effectively implement special education programs, processes, and procedures
  • examination of a wide variety of issues, from developing and 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
  • extensive references and resources

Written as a comprehensive reference for all who work with students with disabilities, this book offers the most up-to-date research and field-tested strategies from a range of experts that special education professionals can confidently and immediately apply. 

Contents

Chapter 1: Hot Topics for Litigation

Chapter 1: Hot Topics for Litigation

Chapter 2: Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: Considerations for the Field

Chapter 2: Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: Considerations for the Field

Chapter 3: A Free, Appropriate Public Education

Chapter 3: A Free, Appropriate Public Education

Chapter 4: Working with Parents

Chapter 4: Working with Parents

Chapter 5: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition-Age Youth

Chapter 5: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition-Age Youth

Chapter 6: Discipline and Students with Disabilities

Chapter 6: Discipline and Students with Disabilities

Chapter 7: The Research-to-Practice Gap in Special Education

Chapter 7: The Research-to-Practice Gap in Special Education

Chapter 8: What Educators Need to Know About Accountability

Chapter 8: What Educators Need to Know About Accountability

Chapter 9: Taking Aim at Current Trends in Early Childhood Special Education

Chapter 9: Taking Aim at Current Trends in Early Childhood Special Education

Chapter 10: Current Trends in Bully Prevention: Implications for Youth with Disabilities

Chapter 10: Current Trends in Bully Prevention: Implications for Youth with Disabilities

Chapter 11: Innovation in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health

Chapter 11: Innovation in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health

Chapter 12: Current Trends in Preparing General Education Teachers to Work With Students With Disabilities

Chapter 12: Current Trends in Preparing General Education Teachers to Work With Students With Disabilities

Chapter 13: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Chapter 13: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Chapter 14: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Issues and Trends

Chapter 14: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Issues and Trends

Chapter 15: Preparing Future Leaders and Administrators of Special Education

Chapter 15: Preparing Future Leaders and Administrators of Special Education

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Current Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education

David Bateman , Mitchell Yell
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April 2019 | 296 pages | Corwin

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Building and supporting effective special education programs

School leaders and special educators are expected to be experts on all levels and types of special education law and services, types of disability, and aspects of academic and functional programming. With the increasing demands of the job and the ever-changing legal and educational climate, many administrators and teachers are overwhelmed, and few feel adequately prepared to meet the demands. Trends and Legal Issues in Special Education helps you build and support timely, legally sound, and effective special education services and programs. Readers will find:

  • the most up-to-date information on how to effectively implement special education programs, processes, and procedures
  • examination of a wide variety of issues, from developing and 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
  • extensive references and resources

Written as a comprehensive reference for all who work with students with disabilities, this book offers the most up-to-date research and field-tested strategies from a range of experts that special education professionals can confidently and immediately apply. 


Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Hot Topics for Litigation
  • Chapter 2: Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: Considerations for the Field
  • Chapter 3: A Free, Appropriate Public Education
  • Chapter 4: Working with Parents
  • Chapter 5: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition-Age Youth
  • Chapter 6: Discipline and Students with Disabilities
  • Chapter 7: The Research-to-Practice Gap in Special Education
  • Chapter 8: What Educators Need to Know About Accountability
  • Chapter 9: Taking Aim at Current Trends in Early Childhood Special Education
  • Chapter 10: Current Trends in Bully Prevention: Implications for Youth with Disabilities
  • Chapter 11: Innovation in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health
  • Chapter 12: Current Trends in Preparing General Education Teachers to Work With Students With Disabilities
  • Chapter 13: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • Chapter 14: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Issues and Trends
  • Chapter 15: Preparing Future Leaders and Administrators of Special Education
  • Chapter 9: The Research to Practice Gap in Special Education
  • Chapter 8: Current Special Education Legal Trends for Transition- Age Youth

Recent Product Reviews:

"This book provides practical, realistic and useful guidance to anyone who supports students with disabilities. It is a great resource for school and special education administrators trying to understand the latest trends in special education. It provides specific points to think about with recommended applications teachers should consider using for each of the topics discussed."
Nichole Kristensen, M.Ed.,Statewide Special Education Instructional Coordinator, Boise State University, Boise State University
“This book is an excellent tool for educators and administrators to understand how to support quality education on behalf of students with disabilities.”
Lisa Graham, NBCT Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE), Douglas County School District, ECE DC Opportunities Center, Douglas County School District
"David Bateman and Mitchell Yell have written a practical, up-to-date book specifically addressing the needs of today’s special educators. This book provides pragmatic advice and tips as well as straightforward content knowledge necessary to be an effective special education leader or teacher."
Dr. Debi Gartland, Professor of Special Education, Townson University, Townson University
"At such a critical time, with pressing and complex issues facing special education administrators across the country, this book is impressive, as it tackles the multifaceted aspects of the special educator's roles and dilemmas in a practical, straightforward manner. "
Marge Terhaar-Yonkers, Professor in the Department of Education, Meredith College, Meredith College
"I have been a principal at the middle school level for over 15 years and I thought I had a handle on special education lingo and processes. This book shared information of which I was not aware. The practical presentation of the information makes it one that can be referenced and used by anyone who works with or has children with special needs."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal, Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore Middle School

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