Serving Students with Special Needs A Practical Guide for Administrators

Serving Students with Special Needs provides administrators with essential knowledge about the requirements for special education services, as well as practical steps to ensure legal compliance and appropriate services for students with special needs. Each chapter includes basic information followed by specific suggestions or steps. This brief, easily applied, and highly practical guide covers: Instruction, including differentiated instruction and universal design for learning Assessment, including accommodations and modifications and response to intervention (RTI) Developing multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) Student progress monitoring and using large data sets to inform decision making Mediation, due process hearings, and litigation Systems management and positive behavioral intervention supports (PBIS) Scenarios are presented along with suggested responses and solutions. Serving Students with Special Needs has been specifically developed to provide administrators with practical suggestions to quickly and effectively implement appropriate special education practices.

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Overview of History of Special Education Chapter 2: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Chapter 3: Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Chapter 4: Conflicts Between School and Parents Chapter 5: IEP Process for Students with Disabilities Chapter 6: Placement Options and Instructional Models for Serving Students with Disabilities Chapter 7: Intervention Techniques and Methods Chapter 8: Discipline and Students with Disabilities Chapter 9: Personnel Related to Special Education Programs Chapter 10: Families of Children with Disabilities

Tom E.C. Smith is Dean and University Professor of Special Education at the University of Arkansas, USA. He has authored or co-authored 32 books and revised editions. Dr. Smith served as the Executive Director of the Division on Developmental Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) from 1994 until 2013, and three terms on the President’s Committee on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.