The Quest for Meaningful Special Education
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- 2016
Summary
Every child should have access to an education that works. The Quest for a Meaningful Special Education follows the educational journeys of nine students with a language-based learning disability (LBLD) who, through a combination of parental advocacy and luck, were removed from a debilitating learning situation and enrolled in a school designed to address their particular learning needs. In the process of following their journeys, the book explores the role of cultures within and outside the school and examines some of the ways that the construction of special education has affected student learning.
In the context of the ongoing national conversation about student academic success, high school dropout rates, the disproportionate number of prison inmates with learning disabilities, the costs of educating students, and the controversy over the placement of minorities in special education, The Quest For a Meaningful Special Education is a timely book that will add a new perspective to current debates
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-2759-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-2760-6
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 179
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- 1 Unexpected Consequences No access
- 2 Special Education No access
- 3 The Serendipitous Pathway No access
- 4 Measures of Success No access
- 5 Dedication to the Mission No access
- 6 The People Method No access
- 7 Teachers as Learners No access
- 8 A Carefully Selected Population, a Consistent Academic Structure No access
- 9 Communication at Kelsey No access
- 10 A Supportive Community No access
- 11 Safety at Kelsey No access
- 12 Drawbacks and Privileges No access
- 13 A Vision for Educating All Children No access
- References No access Pages 167 - 172
- Index No access Pages 173 - 178
- About the Author No access Pages 179 - 179





