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Book SynopsisWilliam L. Heward, Ed.D., BCBA-D, is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, where he helped train special education teachers for 30 years. Dr. Heward has been a Fulbright Scholar in Portugal and a Visiting Professor of Psychology at Keio University in Tokyo and at the University of São Paulo, and he has lectured and given workshops for teachers in 20 other countries. Among the many honors Bill has received are Ohio State University's highest recognition of teaching excellence, the Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award, and the American Psychological Association's Division 25 Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award for lifetime achievements in education. His publications include seven other textbooks and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. Bill has also written for the popular market. His book Some Are Called Clowns (Crowell, 1974) chronicles his five summers as a pitcher for
Table of Contents
PART I FOUNDATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING SPECIAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1 The Purpose and Promise of Special Education
CHAPTER 2 Planning and Providing Special Education Services
CHAPTER 3 Collaborating with Families
PART II EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS
CHAPTER 4 Intellectual Disabilities
CHAPTER 5 Learning Disabilities
CHAPTER 6 Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
CHAPTER 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder
CHAPTER 8 Communication Disorders
CHAPTER 9 Deafness and Hearing Loss
CHAPTER 10 Blindness and Low Vision
CHAPTER 11 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Health Impairments, and Physical Disabilities
CHAPTER 12 Low-Incidence Disabilities: Multiple Disabilities, Deaf-Blindness, and Traumatic Brain Injury
CHAPTER 13 Gifted and Talented
PART III SPECIAL EDUCATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
CHAPTER 14 Early Childhood Special Education
CHAPTER 15 Transition to Adulthood
POSTSCRIPT Developing Your Own View of Special Education
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
