Achieving the radical reform of special education : essays in honor of James M. Kauffman / edited by Jean B. Crockett, Michael M. Gerber, Timothy J. Landrum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kauffman, James M.

Crockett, Jean B.

Gerber, Michael M.

Landrum, Timothy J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2007]

Summary:

As a tribute to scholar and mentor James M. Kauffman and his prodigious influence on the education of children and youth with disabilities, Achieving the Radical Reform of Special Education highlights and examines issues central to the continued growth and maturation of the field of special education. This impressive collection features the issues Kauffman has raised pointedly and repeatedly in his writing over the past three decades. With contributions by prominent scholars, these original essays provide a valuable synopsis of the status of special education and its progress toward the achievement of radical reform at the outset of the 21st century.

This volume is divided into four sections, corresponding to the following themes: 1) Recognizing and responding to individual differences among special education students. 2) Repairing and elaborating the historical, philosophical, and legal foundations of special education practice. 3) Strengthening the field's empirical base. 4) Confronting problems of advocacy and reform in special education. Chapters within each section discuss the status of the field, its progress, pitfalls, and promising subsequent steps. Achieving the Radical Reform of Special Education is intended for scholars, policymakers, and graduate students in special education and associated disciplines who seek to improve schools and improve the education of students whose behavior and exceptional learning needs prevent their academic and social development.

Contents:

On disaggregating disability, whatever that means / Donald P. Oswald and Martha J. Coutinho

Response to intervention as a framework for the prevention and identification of learning disabilities: which comes first, identification or intervention? / Alison Gould Boardman and Sharon Vaughn

Early, evidence-based intervention with school-related behavior disorders: key issues, continuing challenges, and promising practices / Hill M. Walker and Jeffrey R. Sprague

Heeding the call to radically reform special education for students with emotional/behavioral disorders through science / Timothy J. Lewis and Joseph H. Wehby

James Milton Kauffman: a legacy of special education's unheralded historical distinctives / Mark P. Mostert

Law and the conceptual foundations of special education practice / Barbara Bateman

Delivering special education is a two-person job: a call for unconventional thinking / Naomi Zigmond

Science and reason in special education: the legacy of Derrida and Foucault / Gary M. Sasso

Strengthening the research base in special education: evidence-based practice and interdisciplinary collaboration / Steven R. Forness and Kelli Y. Beard

A preliminary examination to identify the presence of quality indicators in experimental research in special education / Bryan G. Cook and Melody Tankersley

Literacy interventions for students with and at-risk for emotional or behavioral disorders: 1997 to present / Kathleen Lynne Lane ... [et al.]

Advocacy and reform of special education / John Wills Lloyd and Daniel P. Hallahan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805858598

9780805858594

1410616789

9781410616784

OCLC:

70883073

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