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Starting With Their Strengths, 4
Special Education
Action
Research
in Special
Education
An Inquiry
Approach for
Effective
Teaching and
Learning
Susan M. Bruce
and Gerald J. Pine
The authors provide the historical
and philosophical underpinnings of
action research and then present a
framework for conducting action
research in special education. The
text features four examples of
actual teacher-researcher studies,
as well as a “how-to” chapter that
outlines the basic principles needed
for conducting action research.
2010/160 pp./PB, $28.95/5091-9
HC, $62/5092-6
Practitioner Inquiry Series
Progress Without
Punishment
Effective Approaches for
Learners with Behavior Problems
Anne M. Donnellan,
Nanette Negri-Shoultz, Lynette
Fassbender, and Gary LaVigna
New
Edition
NEW
Best
Seller
“Promises to
have significant
and widespread
impact on the
improvement
of intervention
programs
designed to
modify problem
behaviors.”
—Mental
Retardation
1988/184 pp./PB, $22.95/2911-3
Special Education Series
A Parents’ Guide to Special
Education in New York City
and the Metropolitan Area
Laurie DuBos and Jana Fromer
“Provides the information parents need
to determine which schools cater to
their child’s particular needs, thus
saving precious time for both parents
and directors.” —New York Family
2006/208 pp./PB, $22.95/4685-1
Why Are So Many Minority
Students in Special
Education
Understanding Race and Disability
in Schools
Beth Harry and Janette Klingner
Foreword by Lisa D. Delpit
The authors present compelling
stories representing the range of
experiences that culturally and linguistically
diverse students are apt
to face in school. It concludes with
recommendations for improving
educational practice and teacher
training and for policy renewal.
2006/224 pp./PB, $30.95/4624-0
Case Studies of Minority
Student Placement in
Special Education
Beth Harry, Janette Klingner, and
Elizabeth Cramer, with Keith M.
Sturges and Robert F. Moore
These vivid case studies bring to
life real children, school personnel,
and family members from
the bestselling book Why Are So
Many Minority Students in Special
Education
2007/144 pp./PB, $21.95/4761-2
Play and Imagination
in Children with Autism
Second Edition
Pamela J. Wolfberg
“An absolute must for many educators
and educational administrators.”
—Midwest Book Review
The second edition of this classic
text has been thoroughly revised to
reflect major new developments in
the field.
2009/216 pp./PB, $25.95/4941-8
HC, $56/4942-5
A joint publication with AAPC (Autism
Asperger Publishing Company)
Howe: The Ethics of
Special Education
Kenneth R. Howe and Ofelia
Miramontes
1992/176 pp./PB, $21.95/3179-6
Professional Ethics in Education Series
Naumburg: An Introduction to
Art Therapy
Studies of the “Free” Art Expression
of Behavior Problem Children and
Adolescents as a Means of Diagnosis
and Therapy
Margaret Naumburg
1973/240 pp./PB, $22.95/2425-5
Kliewer: Schooling Children with
Down Syndrome
Toward an Understanding of Possibility
Christopher Kliewer
Foreword by Douglas Biklen
1998/192 pp./PB, $23.95/3731-6
Special Education Series
Safford: A History of Childhood
and Disability
Philip Safford and Elizabeth Safford
Foreword by Seymour Sarason
1996/352 pp./HC, $36/3485-8
Gifted Education
Nurturing Talent
in High School
Life in the Fast Lane
Laurence J. Coleman
Foreword by Joyce VanTassel-
Baska
“Coleman’s work seems destined to
become a seminal work in the field of
gifted education.”
—Teachers College Record
2005/144 pp./HC, $40/4612-7
Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series
Teaching Talented
Art Students
Principles and Practices
Gilbert Clark and Enid Zimmerman
Based on more than 25 years of
work and research in the field, the
authors provide practical information
on how teachers and administrators
can develop curriculum and
programs that help students realize
their visual-arts talents.
See page 33 for more information
The Nature
and
Nurture of
Giftedness
A New
Framework for
Understanding
Gifted Education
David Yun Dai
“Intellectually
satisfying and practically useful....
Recommended.”
—Choice
Dr. Dai systematically redefines
giftedness and proposes a new
framework for the field of gifted
education. Sure to be a milestone
in the field, this book identifies nine
essential tensions, revolving around
three core questions: What do we
know about the respective roles
of natural ability, environment and
experiences, and personal effort
in talent development How do
we identify the gifted and talented
and study the process of gifted and
talent development How do we
define the aims of gifted education
and promote excellence
2010/312 pp./HC, $63/5087-2
Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series
Rethinking
Gifted Education
Edited by James H. Borland
“Readers are left prepared for
thoughtful revision of gifted education
policies wherever they exist. Highly
recommended.”
—Choice
This fresh and provocative volume
contains essays by leading thinkers
on gifted education and by writers
outside the field who have examined
it critically.
Contributors include: Laurence J.
Coleman • Tracy L. Cross • John F.
Feldhusen • David Henry Feldman
• Donna Y. Ford • Mara Sapon-
Shevin • Joyce VanTassel-Baska
2003/304 pp./HC, $48/4304-1
Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series
Ford: Multicultural Gifted
Education
Donna Y. Ford and J. John Harris, III
1999/264 pp./PB, $25.95/3850-4
Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series
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