Revised edition of: Educating special children. 2nd ed. 2012.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Special education and effective provision -- Impairment in reading -- Impairment in written expression -- Impairment in mathematics -- Developmental coordination disorder -- Disruptive behavior disorders -- Depressive disorders and anxiety disorders -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Speech disorders -- Disorders of grammar and comprehension -- Disorders of semantics and pragmatics -- Autism spectrum disorder -- Orthopedic impairment and motor disorders -- Health impairments -- Traumatic brain injury -- Hearing impairment -- Visual impairment -- Deafblindness -- Mild intellectual disability -- Moderate to severe intellectual disability -- Profound intellectual disability -- Elements of special provision.

"Educating Special Students" is the definitive guide to evidence-based practice and professionally informed approaches to provision for special students. The book sets out ideas of best practice relating to different disabilities and disorders, helpfully discussing what might constitute effective provision. This edition has been updated to take account of new ways of classifying disabilities and disorders and recent developments in research and practice. The book explores issues relating to: intellectual disability; sensory impairments; orthopedic impairment and motor disorders, health impairments and traumatic brain injury; oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; communication disorders and autism spectrum disorder; and specific learning disorders with impairment in reading, written expression and mathematics, and developmental coordination disorder. -- From publisher's description.