Today's Special Education in Schools (Third Edition) (Upper and Lower Volumes)

Author: (USA) Turnbull et al
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: In Chapter, we propose six concepts about special education, which will run through the entire book: setting high expectations for students; valuing their positive contributions to school and community; fully leveraging their potential strengths; allowing them to make decisions and act according to their own will; encouraging them to develop interpersonal relationships with both individuals with and without disabilities; and respecting their rights, especially ensuring they enjoy equal rights and opportunities as ordinary citizens. Each chapter of this book will reflect these six fundamental principles or concepts. These principles are sometimes explicit and sometimes implicit. When you integrate these principles into your work and life, and when you apply your technology based on these values, you will be amazed at the impact they create. This is not a novel. There are no fictional characters here. Every student, every teacher, every friend is real. Their stories are shared to achieve a universally educational goal: to describe special education in their own words, through their life fragments, and to show the benefits they have gained. These students, teachers, family members, and friends will show you everything that can happen in real life—when you apply advanced educational technology under the guidance of the right concepts, you can make extraordinary changes in your special life.