The Complete Guide to Special Education - Expert Advice on Evaluations,
IEPs, and Helping Kids Succeed
Book description
Provides an insider's view of the special education process for
parents and teachers
This 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 students
- Demystifies 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.
Linda Wilmshurst, Ph. D., ABPP, an associate
professor of psychology at Elon University in North Carolina, has more
than twenty-five years of professional practitioner experience as a
clinical and school psychologist working with children and families in
a wide variety of settings.
Alan W. Brue, Ph. D., NCSP has worked for many years as a
school psychologist in Georgia, providing a wide range of services to
metro-Atlanta school districts. A nationally certified school
psychologist and university trainer, Brue has extensive knowledge of
assessment, special education laws, and school organization.
