Through real-life stories about children, their families, and their teachers, and through the use of the most recent evidence-based research on special education, this important book provides students with a comprehensive introduction to special education and its relationship to general education. The sixth edition provides this experience within the framework of three guiding themes: Inclusion, Partnerships, and Universal Design for Learning. Long noted for it… More >>
#1 by C. Leonard on July 1, 2010 - 12:24 am
This is really good book as it is easy to read and very clear. It is well set out and although it is very expensive it is well worth buying as you can use it as a reference tool even after your class or course has ended.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by K. F. Anderson on July 1, 2010 - 1:49 am
The book arrived neatly wrapped and in perfect shape. This book has an online companion site, and you need an access code for the site. I’m afraid that the code was on a piece of paper in the plastic wrap that I threw away, because I could find it no where in the book. So I had to pay an additional $40 dollars or so to access the online site. Just be sure to look carefully at the packaging before throwing it away!!
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Karen L. Balboni on July 1, 2010 - 2:45 am
I was satisffied with the book. it was relevant to the content of the course which was titled intro to SPED.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by David Knott on July 1, 2010 - 3:21 am
Exceptional Lives should be about one hundred pages, but instead, prattles on for a solid five hundred, drowning the reader in useless details having nothing to do with education. As a future teacher, I should know how to accommodate students with hearing disabilities. I should be aware of the relevant assistive technology, and what constitutes an effective hearing impaired IEP. I should NOT have to wade through an ocean of facts concerning audiograms, tympanography, audiometry, acute otitis media, maternal Rh incompatibility, and the history of rubella.
Strip away the unnecessary detail, and snip out the commonsense observations any twit can figure out for herself, and the leftover material is enough to write a short pamphlet.
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by Deardiss Roberts on July 1, 2010 - 5:28 am
I received my textbook in a timely fashion and it was in very good condition.
Rating: 5 / 5