Exceptional Students: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century

by Ronald L. Taylor, Lydia R. Smiley, Stephen B. Richards

This is the first Introduction to Special Education text written specifically for both future general and special educators. This groundbreaking text provides balanced coverage of the foundations of exceptionalities that future teachers need to know to understand their students and responsibilities, and the practical information they need to effectively teach all students.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education

648 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Fabiola]

Required text for one of my courses. Contains informations all teachers need in an inclusion classroom. Must-have resource.

[Elena Hebson]

Read this for my Examination of Exceptionalities class and you bet I'm counting it in this year's reading - the darn thing is almost 600 pages long! While there were several helpful suggestions in this book, the majority of what it said can be boiled down to just two things:

1. Differentiate, differentiate, differentiate
2. Collaborate with parents, specialists, etc. as much as possible

The specific information about what assessments might be used to identify various exceptionalities was overwhelming and didn't have much practical application for me personally, which makes me think this might be better as a reference book rather than a textbook to slog through. I learned some things from this, but overall, I am so pleased to have finished.

[Melinda Hollyfield]

While some information seems a little out of date, overall I found this helpful for the classroom.

[Kirsten Frank]

Starts slowly with a general introduction to teaching collaboration about exceptional students (students with special needs). It is a well-organized required text with summaries, leading and follow up questions, and a systematic chapter structure, making it easy to review and take notes.

[Budi Karto]

This my homework