Using cases in special education -- Social systems approach -- Individuals with emotional or behavioral disorders -- Individuals with diverse ethnic, cultural, or linguistic backgrounds -- Individuals with learning disabilities -- Individuals with mild or moderate mental retardation -- Individuals with communication disorders -- Individuals with visual impairments -- Individuals with hearing impairments -- Individuals with severe and multiple disabilities -- Individuals who are gifted, talented, or creative -- Individuals with physical disabilities and health impairments -- Individuals with other low incidence disabilities -- Individuals who are at-risk for school failure.
Summary:
Whatever the reason of why students fail to transfer effective teaching skills or knowledge, we know that there are better ways to teach. From our experiences, case method teaching represents one of the best ways for college students to apply knowledge and skills.... As you use the cases from this book, [the authors] anticipate that your students' understanding of special education will change.... [They] hope that this book will serve as a tool to engage students during classes and to help them connect knowledge with practice. -Pref.
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