Special education international perspectives : practices across the globe / edited by Jeffrey P. Bakken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bakken, Jeffrey P.

Series:

Advances in special education ; v. 28.

Advances in special education, 0270-4013 ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education.

Learning disabled--Education.

Learning disabled.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (736 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of special education from across the globe. The volume includes chapters from major countries such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia and Japan as well as countries such as Nigeria, Israel and Pakistan. Discussions related to these countries will include information on origins of special education specific to that country, prevalence and incidence rates, trends in legislation and litigation, educational interventions, working with families, teacher training, a perspective on the progress of special education, and challenges that remain.

Contents:

Special education today in the United States of America / James M. Kauffman ... [et al.]

Special education today in Canada / Tim Loreman

Special education today in Mexico / Ismael García-Cedillo, Silvia Romero-Contreras, Todd V. Fletcher

Special education today in Guatemala / Diane Rodriguez, Kenneth Luterbach, Rocio Espinosa de Gaitan

Special education today in the United Kingdom / Ron Smith ... [et al.]

Special education today in Spain / Shaila Rao, Cristina M. Cardona, Esther Chiner

Special education today in Norway / Rune Sarromaa Hausstatter, Harald Thuen

Special education today in Sweden / Girma Berhanu

Special education today in Switzerland / Judith Hollenweger

Special education today in Iceland / Gretar Marinósson, Dóra S. Bjarnason

Special education today in Ukraine / Alla Kolupayeva, Oksana Taranchenko, Elyana Danilavichute

Special education today in Russia / Iuliia Korolkova

Special education today in Nigeria / Festus E. Obiakor, C. Jonah Eleweke

Special education today in South Africa / Sigamoney Naicker

Special education today in Ghana / Ahmed Bawa Kuyini

Special education today in Israel / Hagit Ari-Am, Thomas P. Gumpel

Special education today in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Turki A. Alquraini

Special education today in Turkey / Macid Ayhan Melekoglu

Special education today in India / Ajay Das, Rina Shah

Special education today in Bangladesh / Md. Saiful Malak

Special education today in Australia / Umesh Sharma

Special education today in New Zealand / Garry Hornby

Special education today in China / Mian Wang, Yajing Feng

Special education today in Thailand / Kullaya Kosuwan, Yuwadee Viriyangkura, Mark E. Swerdlik.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781784410957

1784410950

OCLC:

890444558