Early Childhood Special Education: Birth to Eight / Edition 4

by Frank G. Bowe

Overview

Early Childhood Special Education: Birth to Eight is now available in the 4th edition. The 4th edition expands coverage of pre-academics and academics, responding to No Child Left Behind and IDEA 2004. The five key areas of development: communication, physical, cognitive, social/emotional, and adaptive, all include updated coverage. This is the only text on the market that addresses all of early childhood, age birth through eight, and all of early childhood special education. The text also takes into consideration that early childhood special education is a field driven by federal law, and contains complete coverage of those laws. Each chapter has opening questions, ending questions, and activities to help the student learn and retain the information. There is a full chapter devoted to research, and an online companion that serves to supplement the text and offers up to the minute content updates. The student will appreciate the outstanding readability of this updated, authoritative text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781418048105
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/29/2007
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	80.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 7.50(d)

About the Author

Frank G. Bowe, Ph.D. is a Dr. Mervin Livingston Schloss Distinguished Professor at Hofstra University. He has spent 17 years preparing educators in special education and early childhood special education and he is the author of Making Inclusion Work.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Theory, Development, and Philosophy Chapter 2: Prelude: Overview of Early Childhood Special Education Chapter 3: How Are We Doing? Research in ECSE THE LAWS Chapter 4: The IDEA Chapter 5: Family Rights and Services ECSE PRACTICES Chapter 6: Methods Chapter 7: Evaluation and Assessment Chapter 8: Individual Planning Chapter 9: Technology DOMAINS OF DEVELOPMENT Chapter 10: Practical and Ethical Issues Chapter 11: Communication Development Chapter 12: Physical Development Chapter 13: Cognitive Development Chapter 14: Social or Emotional Development Chapter 15: Adaptive Development Resources Glossary References

Editorial Reviews

"The new edition has been updated, modified and expanded in ways that will effectively improve the quality of instruction. Contents are highly appropriate for the courses I teach." Marie Brand, MS, Ph.D. Instructor, SUNY Empire State College, NY.

"The new edition has been updated, modified and expanded in ways that will effectively improve the quality of instruction. Contents are highly appropriate for the courses I teach." Marie Brand, MS, Ph.D. Instructor, SUNY Empire State College, NY.

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