The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education

Do policies and practices in special education work for children and youth around the globe, who have varying educational opportunities, and hail from diverse backgrounds? The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education tackles this big issue.

The Handbook showcases cutting–edge special education research focusing on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. This authoritative contribution to the field charts a new path to effective interventions and sets an agenda for future research.

Both the structure and the content of The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education address disabilities from an international perspective. Understand contemporary issues associated with educating diverse students with disabilities, including race, culture and special education; explorer form around the globe; assessment; family involvement, and teacher preparation. Dive into the topic of inclusion.  Master cutting–edge research and teaching strategies for diverse students with disabilities in the various content areas in special education: reading, writing, mathematics, and science. This handbook provides the latest thinking of established experts as well as new voices and perspectives of scholars rising in the field of special education. This Handbook provides the latest thinking of established experts as well as new voices and perspectives of scholars rising in the field of special education

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART 1: INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

1. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Reconstructing Disability to Reimagine Education
Margaret Winzer and Kas Mazurek

2. Taking a Spatial Turn in Inclusive Education: Seeking Justice at the Intersections of Multiple Markers of Difference
Federico R. Waitoller and Subini Ancy Annamma

3. The Advancement of Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities: An International Perspective
Silvia Romero–Contreras, Ismael Garcia–Cedillo, and Todd Fletcher

4. On the Purpose of Schooling: Inviting In, or Locking Out?
Shelley Zion and Wanda J. Blanchett

5. The Cultural Understanding of Inclusion in Diverse Settings: Support Services and Collaboration
Vasilis Strogilos and Elias Avramidis

6. Inclusion and Practice: The Perspective of Two Countries
Marjatta Takala and George Head

PART 2: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATING DIVERSE STUDENTS

7. Culturally Different Students in Special Education: Issues, Theories, and Recommendations to Address Overrepresentation
Donna Y. Ford, Gilman W. Whiting, Ramon B. Goings, and Shawn A. Robinson

8. Family Diversity: From the Margins to the Center
Beth Harry and Patrice Fenton

9. Education in Disability and Poverty Debates: Research insights from Southern Contexts
Nidhi Singal

10. Supporting Language and Literacy Development for Additional Language Learners with Disabilities
Diane Haager and Terese C. Aceves

PART 3: INSTRUCTION

11. Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities from Diverse Backgrounds
Delinda van Garderen, Apryl Poch, Christa Jackson, and Sarah A. Roberts

12. Research In Science Education for Students with Special Education Needs
Jonte C. Taylor and Mary Grace Villanueva

13.Reading Instruction for Diverse Students with Learning Disabilities
Sylvia Linan–Thompson and Hermelinda Cavazos

14. A Road Less Traveled: Writing Research for Diverse Students with Disabilities
Megan Dunn Davison and Linda H. Mason

15. Empowering Academically–Diverse Learners in History Classrooms
Daniel R. Wissinger

PART 4: SUPPORTING AND ASSESSING DIVERSE LEARNERS

16. A Systematic Review of Peer Tutoring Interventions for Students with Disabilities
Elizabeth Talbott, Agata Trzaska, and Jaime L. Zurheide

17. Technological Practices Supporting Diverse Students in Inclusive Settings
Dave L. Edyburn, Kavita Rao, and Prabha Hariharan

18. Mathematics Assessment for Students with Diverse Learning Needs
Sarah R. Powell and Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds

19.Reading Assessment Practices for Linguistically Diverse Students at Risk of Developing Language and Literacy Difficulties
Sabina R. Neugebauer and Amy Heineke

PART 5: PREPARATION OF EDUCATORS FOR INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS

20. International Perspectives on Teacher Education for Inclusion
Petra Engelbrecht and Alison Ekins

21.Teachers Developing Knowledge in Low and Middle Income Countries: Towards More Inclusive Pedagogy
Alison Croft, Susie Miles, Rhona Brown, Jo Westbrook, and Sarah Williams

22. Preparing Educators to Teach Literacy: Knowledge, Dilemmas, and Practices 
Michelle Parker–Katz, Marie Tejero Hughes, and Georgette Lee

23.Leveraging Systems Change to Address Diversity in Special Education Teacher Preparation
Monika Williams Shealey and Loury Ollison Floyd

Index

Marie Tejero Hughes is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She has been widely published in a variety of academic journals on topics related to literacy, teacher education, and family involvement. She has also held a number of leadership roles, including chair of the Special Education Special Interest Group at the American Educational Research Association and executive committee member of the Council for Exceptional Children s Teacher Education Division.

Elizabeth Talbott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She serves as past–president and legislative advocate for the Council for Exceptional Children–Division for Research.  She is co–chair of the curriculum committee and faculty member in the National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention, and conducts research in the fields of special education, clinical psychology, and educational psychology.