Bob Algozzine - The Fundamentals of Special Education: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher

A P RACTICAL A PPROACH TO S PECIAL E DUCATION FOR E VERY T EACHER The Fundamentals of Special Education A Practical Guide for Every Teacher The Legal Foundations of Special Education A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Communication Disorders A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Mental Retardation A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents A Practical Guide for Every Teacher Copyright 2006 by Bob Algozzine and Jim Ysseldyke First Skyhorse Publishing edition 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or .

Skyhorse and Skyhorse Publishing are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design by Michael Dubowe Print ISBN: 978-1-62914-671-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-62914-962-2 Printed in the United States of America Contents About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher S pecial education means specially designed instruction for students with unique learning needs. Students receive special education for many reasons. Students with disabilities such as mental retardation, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (including blindness), emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities are entitled to special education services.

Students who are gifted and talented also receive special education. Special education services are delivered in many settings, including regular classes, resource rooms, and separate classes. The 13 books of this collection will help you teach students with disabilities and those with gifts and talents. Each book focuses on a specific area of special education and can be used individually or in conjunction with all or some of the other books. Six of the books provide the background and content knowledge you need in order to work effectively with all students with unique learning needs: Book 1: The Fundamentals of Special Education Book 2: The Legal Foundations of Special Education Book 3: Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs Book 4: Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs Book 5: Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs Book 6: Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education Seven of the books focus on teaching specific groups of students who receive special education: Book 7: Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities Book 8: Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities Book 9: Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities Book 10: Teaching Students With Communication Disorders Book 11: Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance Book 12: Teaching Students With Mental Retardation Book 13: Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents All of the books in A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher will help you to make a difference in the lives of all students, especially those with unique learning needs. A CKNOWLEDGMENTS The approach we take in A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher is an effort to change how professionals learn about special education.

The 13 separate books are a result of prodding from our students and from professionals in the field to provide a set of materials that "cut to the chase" in teaching them about students with disabilities and about building the capacity of systems to meet those students needs. Teachers told us that in their classes they always confront students with special learning needs and students their school district has assigned a label to (e.g., students with learning disabilities). Our students and the professionals we worked with wanted a very practical set of texts that gave them the necessary information about the students (e.g., federal definitions, student characteristics) and specific information on what to do about the students (assessment and teaching strategies, approaches that work). They also wanted the opportunity to purchase parts of textbooks, rather than entire texts, to learn what they needed. The production of this collection would not have been possible without the support and assistance of many colleagues. Professionals associated with Corwin PressFaye Zucker, Kylee Liegl, Robb Clousehelped us work through the idea of introducing special education differently, and their support in helping us do it is deeply appreciated.

Faye Ysseldyke and Kate Algozzine, our children, and our grandchildren also deserve recognition. They have made the problems associated with the project very easy to diminish, deal with, or dismiss. Every day in every way, they enrich our lives and make us better. We are grateful for them. About the Authors Bob Algozzine, PhD, is professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and project codirector of the U.S. Department of Educationsupported Behavior and Reading Improvement Center.

With 25 years of research experience and extensive firsthand knowledge of teaching students classified as seriously emotionally disturbed (and other equally useless terms), Algozzine is a uniquely qualified staff developer, conference speaker, and teacher of behavior management and effective teaching courses. As an active partner and collaborator with professionals in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in North Carolina and as an editor of several journals focused on special education, Algozzine keeps his finger on the pulse of current special education practice. He has written more than 250 manuscripts on special education topics, authoring many popular books and textbooks on how to manage emotional and social behavior problems. Through A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher, Algozzine hopes to continue to help improve the lives of students with special needsand the professionals who teach them. Jim Ysseldyke, PhD, is Birkmaier Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, director of the School Psychology Program, and director of the Center for Reading Research at the University of Minnesota. Widely requested as a staff developer and conference speaker, he brings more than 30 years of research and teaching experience to educational professionals around the globe.