Tilte : Special Education in Contemporary Society : An Introduction to Exceptionality 7th
Author(s):  Richard Gargiulo , Emily C. Bouck
Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality, Seventh Editionoffers a comprehensive, engaging, and readable introduction to the dynamic field of special education. Grounded in research and updated to reflect the most current thinking and standards of the field, this book provides readers with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs that are crucial to constructing learning environments that allow all students to reach their full potential. Authors Richard M. Gargiulo and Emily C. Bouck encourage a deep awareness and understanding of the "human" side of special education, providing readers with a look into the lives of exceptional students and their families, as well as the teachers that work with exceptional persons throughout their lives.Also available as a digital option (courseware).

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Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality is designed for use by preservice and inservice teachers who will specialize in special education as well as those who teach students with special needs in the general classroom. The text provides a rare glimpse into the lives of persons with exceptionalities, as well as their families and teachers. Focusing on a person-first orientation to human exceptionalities across the life span, the text employs a traditional organization beginning with four foundations chapters that introduce teachers to special education, followed by ten "categorical" chapters each on a different "disability." Each categorical chapter features sections on transition, cultural diversity, technology, instructional strategies, and family considerations.