Description |
1 online resource (xii, 387 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents |
Overview -- Chronology -- Special education curriculum -- Special education programs and the law -- Politics and the special education challenge -- Popular culture and advocacy -- Organizations, associations, and government agencies -- Selected print resources -- Nonprint resources -- Primary documents and quotations -- National statistics |
Summary |
A reference work that presents a chronology focusing on special education, its development, and the important issues that both positively and negatively affect the field. Updated through current events, this edition provides an excellent introduction to special education in all of its practical aspects-how it developed, its curriculum, assessment issues, the law, and advocacy--Provided by publisher |
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"In this third edition, Sacks offers both specific information developed and implemented since the second edition (published in 2009) and provides an interdisciplinary lens offering a global perspective of the field moving the reader beyond information to actualization."--Introduction |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 13, 2022) |
Subject |
Special education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Special education -- Government policy -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Special education -- Curricula -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Special education
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Special education -- Curricula
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Special education -- Government policy
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781682177495 |
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1682177491 |
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