A Class by Themselves?: The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond

by Jason Ellis

In A Class by Themselves? , Jason Ellis provides an erudite and balanced history of special needs education, an early twentieth century educational innovation that continues to polarize school communities across Canada, the United States, and beyond. Ellis situates the evolution of this educational innovation in its proper historical context to explore the rise of intelligence testing, the decline of child labour and rise of vocational guidance, emerging trends in mental hygiene and child psychology, and the implementation of a new progressive curriculum. At the core of this study are the students. This book is the first to draw deeply on rich archival sources, including 1000 pupil records of young people with learning difficulties, who attended public schools between 1918 and 1945. Ellis uses these records to retell individual stories that illuminate how disability filtered down through the school system’s many nooks and crannies to mark disabled students as different from (and often inferior to) other school children.   A Class by Themselves? sheds new light on these and other issues by bringing special education’s curious past to bear on its constantly contested present.

382 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 22, 2019

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This is due an update … haha! I shall have that done by the end of this week, I promise. (11th, June, 21).
I am still sooooooo busy with many new books, and rebranding old ones.

So, this bibliography is like a to-do list. You know to-do lists. They never stay as they're meant to ;)
Young adult/ kids;
Holly Silverstone series - Book #1; Shadows & Voices. Recently rebranded. New cover for Kindle at present. Paperback rereleased, and hard cover following.

Holly Silverstone series - Book #2; Gold & Smoke. I'm almost finished!! :D 2021 ... almost definitely.

The Amelia Maylock series (These books are going through a rebranding as well. New covers for paperback and Kindle versions). Book two has rereleased for Kindle, paperback is also available.

F-918 (Dystopian)

My Long Journey to Sincerity - Elana Mayne (Dystopian)

On my way home while anger sleeps. (Adult thriller/ horror.) Kindle and paperback formats available.


Works in progress.

Rebrand for Amelia Maylock, books 3 & 4.
Ghost/ suspense/ thriller - untitled at the moment
Fear Abandoned Me (Vampire fiction) - Aiming for 2021.
Muna bella Llabyriinda - My beautiful labyrinth.(Work in progress).
Tales from Klenhyllia (Gothic fantasy)

Chat soon :D