Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Special education today in the United States of America / James M. Kauffman [and others] -- Special education today in Canada / Tim Loreman -- Special education today in Mexico / Ismael García-Cedillo, Silvia Romero-Contreras, Todd V. Fletcher -- Special education today in Guatemala / Diane Rodriguez, Kenneth Luterbach, Rocio Espinosa de Gaitan -- Special education today in the United Kingdom / Ron Smith [and others] -- Special education today in Spain / Shaila Rao, Cristina M. Cardona, Esther Chiner -- Special education today in Norway / Rune Sarromaa Hausstatter, Harald Thuen -- Special education today in Sweden / Girma Berhanu -- Special education today in Switzerland / Judith Hollenweger -- Special education today in Iceland / Gretar Marinósson, Dóra S. Bjarnason -- Special education today in Ukraine / Alla Kolupayeva, Oksana Taranchenko, Elyana Danilavichute -- Special education today in Russia / Iuliia Korolkova -- Special education today in Nigeria / Festus E. Obiakor, C. Jonah Eleweke -- Special education today in South Africa / Sigamoney Naicker -- Special education today in Ghana / Ahmed Bawa Kuyini -- Special education today in Israel / Hagit Ari-Am, Thomas P. Gumpel -- Special education today in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Turki A. Alquraini -- Special education today in Turkey / Macid Ayhan Melekoglu -- Special education today in India / Ajay Das, Rina Shah -- Special education today in Bangladesh / Md. Saiful Malak -- Special education today in Australia / Umesh Sharma -- Special education today in New Zealand / Garry Hornby -- Special education today in China / Mian Wang, Yajing Feng -- Special education today in Thailand / Kullaya Kosuwan, Yuwadee Viriyangkura, Mark E. Swerdlik.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of special education from across the globe. The volume includes chapters from major countries such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia and Japan as well as countries such as Nigeria, Israel and Pakistan. Discussions related to these countries will include information on origins of special education specific to that country, prevalence and incidence rates, trends in legislation and litigation, educational interventions, working with families, teacher training, a perspective on the progress of special education, and challenges that remain.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
641166
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Special education international perspectives.
International Standard Book Number
9781784410964
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Special education.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Education, Special.
Internationality.
Special education.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
EDU026000
JNS
UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION (UDC)
Number
376
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
371
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9
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
LC3965
Book number
.
S643
2014
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
LC
3965
Class number
W1
Book Number
AD872
v
.
28
2014
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Bakken, Jeffrey P.
Burkhardt, Sandra A.
Obiakor, Festus E.
Rotatori, Anthony F.
Sharma, Umesh, (Associate professor in the faculty of education)