The Law and Special Education

by Mitchell L. Yell

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The Law and Special Education
features sound, practical help for keeping on top of the issues
involved in the highly litigated area of special education. With
this indispensable resource as a guide, teachers, educational
administrators, and others see how to ensure a free, appropriate
public education for students with disabilities. In it they learn
the legal history of special education, get information about legal
developments in special education that have occurred in the courts
and in the federal government, gain access to current legal
information to keep abreast of developments in this rapidly
changing field, and ensure that they are armed with the information
they need to develop legally correct and educationally appropriate
special education programs.

Written in a highly accessible,
practitioner-oriented style and bolstered with an associated
website and blog, the book guides administrators and educators in
developing legally sound and educationally appropriate special
education programming. Included are Lessons from Legislation and
Litigation sections that extrapolate important principles for
administrators and educators from the law; flowcharts to guide
administrators and educators in developing legally sound and
educationally appropriate special education programming; text
hyperlinks that take readers to important cases and associated
websites; a new section on legal requirements regarding bullying
and harassment of students with disabilities; over 100 new cases,
administrative decisions, and letters of finding since the last
edition; chapter objectives; and flowcharts to guide administrators
through special education decision making.

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Genres: Textbooks, Grad School, Education, Teaching

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 10, 1997

Reviews

[Seth the Zest · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really only for people in Special Education but it's so comprehensive that it's hard not to love. At least a tiny bit. It's dense but I eventually got comfortable reading through it.

[booksgayscats · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well written textbook, a good read, but at times was very repetitive (word for word references back to prior sections/chapters/chapters or sections that felt unnecessary). Definitely a good purchase for the course I took, though, and very informative.

[Christi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very dense and comprehensive guide to all things legally related to special education services. Purchased for a course, I did find it a bit technical at times but I suppose it needed to be. I learned a lot in its reading.

[Beckie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for grad school.

[Amanda K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource.

[Ms. Arca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for grad school... SPED law is convoluted and this is a decent resource.

[Cassie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overall resource for educators and families.

[Kim Walters · Rating 3 out of 5]

It repeats and rapists and repeats.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Needless to say, required reading. Informative, but very snoozey overall. Very expensive as well.

[Mika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this book for my coursework in Special Education Law. The book is comprehensive and a great read!

[Ann Marie]

Read what was required for class.

[Tyra Chambers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource for families navigating the special education maze

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a law book...pretty much enough said...

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

good resource

[Sarah]

Had to read this online, which is not my style. Read for a class.