Lydia R. Smiley is a professor of Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University.Ronald L. Taylor is currently professor of Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University.Stephen B. Richards is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for Intervention Specialist Programs at the University of Dayton.Exceptional Students: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Centuryrecognizes both future special educators and future general education teachers populate the Introduction to Special Education course. The authors reach out to both groups of future teachers—the special educator and the general educator—and include practical information and materials for understanding, planning, and implementing classroom instruction. This exciting new text provides all of our future teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to be successful, no matter what role they play on the Special Education team.Exceptional Students: Preparing Teacers for the 21st Centuryrecognizes the need to prepare both future special educators and future general education teachers in the Introduction to Special Education course. The text is organized with balanced coverage of the foundations of exceptionalities and the practical information and materials for understanding, planning, and implementing classroom instruction. This exciting new text provides all of our future teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to be successful, no matter what role they play on the Special Education team.The first Introduction to Special Education text written specifically for BOTH future general and special educators. This groundbreaking text provides balanced coverage of the foundations of exceptionalities that future teachers need to know to understand their students and responsibilities, and the practical information they need to effectively teach all students.
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