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This is Volume 1 in the three-volume publication, The Handbook of Special Education: Research & Practice.;The Handbook is an indispensable reference work which examines the research base, broadly defined to represent current knowledge that can be used in formulating plans to improve the chances of schooling success for all students, especially students with special needs. The term 'students with special needs' is used here to refer to students with physical, behavioural or cognitive disabilities; students from economically, culturally or linguistically disadvantaged backgrounds; and students with chronic low achievement or those who otherwise can be considered academically at risk. The Handbook is organized in three volumes under nine major topics. This volume focuses on the areas of learning characteristics of handicapped students and the provision of effective education, the effectiveness of differential programming in serving handicapped students, and noncategorical programming for mildly handicapped students.

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Author:   Margaret C. Wang ,  Maynard C. Reynolds ,  Herbert J. Walberg
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Volume:   v. 1
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780080333830

ISBN 10:   0080333834
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   09 November 1987
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

(partial) Learning Characteristics of Handicapped Students and the Provision of Effective Education. Introduction. Ethnocultural and social psychological effects on learning characteristics of handicapped children. Learning characteristics of mildly handicapped students. The role of the learner. Advances in improving the cognitive performance of handicapped students. Effective educational practices and provisions for individual differences. Effectiveness of Differential Programming in Serving Handicapped Students. Introduction. Relationship among academic, social and career education in programming for handicapped students. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching. Application of cognitive-behavioral training methods to teaching basic skills. Programming independent living skills for handicapped learners. The effectiveness of differential programming in serving students with mild handicaps. Noncategorical Programming for Mildly Handicapped Students. Introduction. Classification of handicapped students. Avoiding or Limiting special education referrals. Noncategorical special education programs: Process and outcomes. Noncategorical special education personnel preparation. Noncategorical special education: Models for research and practice. Index.

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