Taking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in special education / selected, edited, with introductons by Mary Ann Byrnes

Contributor(s): Byrnes, Mary Ann [author]
Language: English Series: Taking sides seriesPublisher: Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill / Dushkin, 2005Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiii, 424 pages : 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0073043990; 9780073043999Subject(s): Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States | Inclusive education -- United States | Special education -- United StatesDDC classification: 371.9
Contents:
Is special education an illegitimate profession? -- Is eliminating overrepresentation beyond the scope of public schools? -- Do funding formulas make special education too expensive? -- Does school choice open doors for student with disabilities? -- Does society have the capacity to prevent emotional/behavioral disabilities -- Do students with disabilities threaten effective school discipline? -- Will more federal oversight result in better special education? -- Should one-on-one nursing care be part of special education? -- Does inclusion work? -- Does full inclusion deliver a good education? -- Are residential schools the least restrictive environment for deaf children? -- Should students with disabilities be exempt from standards-based curriculum? -- Are the least-trained teaching our most needy children? -- Can brain scans unravel the mystery of learning disabilities? -- Is attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder overdiagnosed? -- Are we over-prescribing medication to solve our children's problems? -- Should parents choose cochlear implants for their deaf children? -- Are there scientifically effective treatments for autism? -- Have schools gone too far in using accomodations? -- Should students with disabilities participate in high-stakes testing?
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Is special education an illegitimate profession? --
Is eliminating overrepresentation beyond the scope of public schools? --
Do funding formulas make special education too expensive? --
Does school choice open doors for student with disabilities? --
Does society have the capacity to prevent emotional/behavioral disabilities --
Do students with disabilities threaten effective school discipline? --
Will more federal oversight result in better special education? --
Should one-on-one nursing care be part of special education? --
Does inclusion work? --
Does full inclusion deliver a good education? --
Are residential schools the least restrictive environment for deaf children? --
Should students with disabilities be exempt from standards-based curriculum? --
Are the least-trained teaching our most needy children? --
Can brain scans unravel the mystery of learning disabilities? --
Is attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder overdiagnosed? --
Are we over-prescribing medication to solve our children's problems? --
Should parents choose cochlear implants for their deaf children? --
Are there scientifically effective treatments for autism? --
Have schools gone too far in using accomodations? --
Should students with disabilities participate in high-stakes testing?

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