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Table of Contents Page Preface and Acknowledgements Bryan G. Cook and Barbara R. Schirmer ix Part I. What Is Special About Special Education for Different Groups of Children With Disabilities? 1. Special Education for Students with Learning Disabilities: What Makes It So Special? Sharon Vaughn and Sylvia Linan-Thompson 1 2. What Is Special About Special Education for Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders? Timothy J. Landrum, Melody Tankersley, and James M. Kauffman xx 3. What Is Special About Special Education for Students with Severe Disabilities? Diane M. Browder and Karena Cooper-Duffy xx 4. What Is Special About Special Education for English Language Learners? Janette K. Klingner and Margarita Bianco xx 5. What Is Special About Special Education for Students Who Are Deaf? Barbara R. Schirmer xx 6. A Unified Theory of Practice in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Samuel L. Odom and Mark Wolery xx Part II. What Is Special About Other Important Aspects of Special Education? 7. Transition-Focused Education: Foundation for the Futur Paula D. Kohler and Sharon Field xx 8. Curriculum-Based Measurement: Development and Extensions Stanley L. Deno xx 9. What Is Special About Special Education? Research on the Preparation of Special Education Teachers Paul T. Sindelar, Anne G. Bishop, and Mary T. Brownell xx 10. Where Should Students with Disabilities Receive Special Education Services? Is One Place Better Than Another? Naomi Zigmond xx Part III. Recommendations for Making Special Education More Special 11. Critical Dimensions of Experimental Studies and Research Syntheses That Help Define Effective Practices John Wills Lloyd, Paige C. Pullen, Melody Tankersley, and Patricia A. Lloyd xx 12. Relationship Between the Quality of the Research Design and the Quality of the Evidence for Improvement of Special Education Practice Russell Gersten xx 13. Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap: Maintaining the Consistent Implementation of Research-Based Practices Jeanne Wanzek and Sharon Vaughn xx Part IV: What Is Special About Special Education? 14. An Overview and Analysis of the Role of Evidence-Based Practices in Special Education Bryan G. Cook and Barbara R. Schirmer xx About the Contributors xx
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Special education.
Children with disabilities -- Education.