The Complete Guide to Special Education: Expert Advice on Evaluations, IEPs, and Helping Kids Succeed

by Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue

Provides an insider's view of the special education process for parents and teachersThis book explores the special education process-from testing and diagnosis to IEP meetings and advocating for special needs children. Step by step the authors reveal the stages of identification, assessment, and intervention, and help readers to better understand special needs children's legal rights and how to become an active, effective member of a child's educational team. Grounded in more than twenty-five years of working with parents and educators, the authors provide significant insight into what they have learned about the special education. This book fills the gap in the literature for the millions of children receiving special education services and the parents who are clamoring for information on this topic.Includes valuable tools, checklists, sample forms, and advice for working with special education studentsDemystifies the special education process, from testing and diagnosis to IEP meetings and advocating for children

New editions covers Response-to-Intervention (RTI), a new approach to diagnosing learning disabilities in the classroom; expanded coverage of autism spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder; and a revamped Resources section.

Genres: Teaching, Adhd, Education

372 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2010

Reviews

[Jacki]

It didn't cover everything that I was expecting. I had hoped to get a little more practical and specific strategies and ideas for working with special needs students. They did throw in a few here and there which I promptly highlighted, marked, and wrote down. But most of the book was spent on the broadest, most tangible parts of the topics.

However, the book was very informative and covered the broader scope of what it means to work with special needs students. I found it very useful. Especially as someone who's just starting out in the area.

[Cynthia Watters]

Great book! If you need to learn about the special education process, we found this one one of the most easy to understand. The jargon has been minimized.

[Kay]

Almost too thorough with the details. This is a good resource for a SPED director to use as guiding an IS or even a principle/curriculum coach to keep on hand for research. An IS teacher might feel like some of the info is too basic or doesn’t cover more nuanced issues.

[Jonathan Stefanopoulos]

I enjoyed reading this book. I thought there was some insightful information to help me as a special education teacher. The book is written for both parents and teachers so I felt like there were parts that weren't helpful for me as a teacher. It thoroughly discussed all thirteen disabilities classified in IDEA 2004. I was hoping to get more interventions for each of the disabilities from this guide so it was a little disappointing for me.

[Rachael Willows]

Was just what we needed. We already used it to understand information from two meetings we just attended at school. I brought it to the second meeting and it caught the eye of the special education coordinator. She said they are going to buy copies for their school.

[Warren Williams]

Great book. Really easy to understand. Definitely recommended for all parents.

[Nora Olmo]

GREAT RESOURCE。。。。