Including Students with Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers (4th Edition)

The most widely adopted text in Inclusion courses, Including Students with Special Needs presents information, suggestions, and practices for teaching students with diverse abilities that are effective and feasible for today's classroom teacher.

The fourth edition continues to offer practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings. Its non-categorical approach helps teachers ensure all students’ success regardless of their specific category of exceptionality. Filled with examples and vignettes, the text illuminates teaching methods and shows how they affect students’ learning. By drawing on the authors’ expertise in elementary and secondary education, this book examines the needs of students with low-incidence and high-incidence disabilities at both education levels.

“The ‘INCLUDE’ strategy is fantastic!”
—Laura M. Frey, East Carolina University

“The authors have done a very nice job of providing opportunities for students to interact with the material in meaningful ways. In this particular area, this is probably one of the best textbooks I have seen.”
—Melisa A. Reed, Marshall University

“There is great importance placed on the practical application of research-based practices. The text narrative is supplemented with applied research that is indispensable as it provides practical information that will lead to solutions and improve learning and instruction.”
—Opal Effie Laman, Texas Tech University

New to this Edition:

• Fully reflects new IDEA 2004 and No Child Left Behind!
• Increased emphasis on assessment; Chapter 4: Assessing Student Needs, is presented earlier in order to underscore the importance of developing effective assessment practices.
• New! Working Together feature provides increased coverage of collaboration among school professionals and families.
• New! Working the Standards feature includes information on CEC and INTASC standards and how they apply to classroom teachers.
• New! INCLUDE margin icon shows how the text’s unique and practical teaching model applies throughout the chapters.
• Includes updated information on high-stakes testing of students with disabilities (Chs. 1 & 4).
• Increased coverage of ADHD and autism spectrum disorders (Ch. 6).
• Updated information about differentiated instruction and universal design (Ch. 5).

Technology Advantage!
MyLabSchool is a collection of online tools designed to help your students easily make the transition from student to teacher.
Available in two different platforms — Website and CourseCompass — MyLabSchool allows your students to observe real classrooms in action. And with easily assigned material for class preparation, you save time out of your busy schedule. MyLabSchool also helps students when it comes to getting the right job. With portfolio development assistance, career advice and PRAXIS exam preparation, your students will leave your course ready for their next step.

MyLabSchool is appropriate for use in any course where video footage of classroom situations, standards integration, portfolio development and PRAXIS preparation is covered. Either version of MyLabSchool can also be used as a stand-alone PRAXIS tutorial.