Handbook for Educating Students with Disabilities

Implications and Strategies
2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-60257-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 1208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 2432 g

Reihe: Springer International Handbooks of Education

This Handbook focuses on the implications and strategies for educating students with disabilities. Covering diverse populations from an academic, behavioral, and international standpoint, it is a comprehensive resource spanning elementary to high school. In the first section, the Handbook delves into students with learning disabilities, autism, and emotional/behavioral disorders. The second section deals with students that have intellectual disabilities or extensive support needs. The third section concentrates on students with sensory disabilities. The fourth section addresses disabled youth and ways of knowing how to inform strategies in special education. The fifth and final section explores how teachers, parents, and related personnel impact special education and services for these students. Extensive in its coverage of different disability areas, the content is both informative and innovative, offering invaluable insights. The Handbook draws from a mix of national and international perspectives, making it an indispensable guide for anyone engaged in the critical area of special education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bakken, Jeffrey P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to section.- Addressing the research to practice gap for educating students with emotional and behavioral disorders.- Mathematics instruction for students with EBD.- Practitioner perspective on educating students with EBD in inclusive settings.- Supporting special education practice for students with ASD in rural districts.- Mathematics instruction for students with LD Reading instruction for students with ASD.- Effective practices for teaching African American Students with EBD.-Recommendations for improving special education practice for students with LD and EBD in Sub Saharan African Countries.- School based mental health supports for students with EBD.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Jeffrey P. Bakken is Professor of Special Education at Bradley University. He has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and graduate degrees in the area of Special Education-Learning Disabilities from Purdue University. He has received the College of Education and the University Research Initiative Award, the College of Education Outstanding College Researcher Award, the College of Education Outstanding College Teacher Award, and the Outstanding University Teacher Award from Illinois State University. He also just recently received the College of Education and Health Sciences Faculty Achievement Award for Research at Bradley University. His specific areas of interest include learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, reading comprehension, response to intervention, collaboration, transition, teacher effectiveness, assessment, learning strategies, assistive technology, Smart Classrooms, and Smart Universities. He has published over 220 works that include books, chapters, journal articles, proceedings at international conferences, audio tapes, encyclopedia articles, newsletter articles, book reviews, a monograph, a manual, and one publisher website. He has also made over 275 presentations at international/national and regional/state conferences. Lastly, he has authored or co-authored numerous grants totaling over $1,000,000.00.