Special Education in Contemporary Society- Vantage Learning Platform

An Introduction to Exceptionality

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KEY FEATURES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, SEVENTH EDITION

• Each chapter utilizes the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) initial-level special educator preparation standards.
• The text is organized into two distinct parts to offer students a truly comprehensive and humane understanding of exceptionality:
  • In Part I, readers are provided a strong foundational perspective on broad topics that affect all individuals with an exceptionality.
  • In Part II, the authors engage students with thorough examinations of individual exceptionalities and discuss historical, personal, and educational details of each exceptionality as it affects a person across the lifespan.
• Chapter-opening vignettes in the categorical chapters, primarily written by parents of children with disabilities, offer personal stories on the exceptionality studied in a specific chapter. Through these vignettes, students gain a firsthand, vivid account of these parents, their fears and frustrations, their accomplishments and triumphs, and the issues they face on a daily basis.
• Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning boxes provide instructional strategies, tips, techniques, and other ideas for the classroom.