The SAGE Handbook of Special Education

Lani Florian is a Professor and Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Special Education at the University of Vienna. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). Her research interests include models of provision for meeting the needs of all learners, and inclusive pedagogy. She is co-author of Achievement and Inclusion in Schools, winner of the 2008 NASEN/Times Education Supplement academic book award. She has consulted on special needs education and inclusion for a number of international organisations including Open Society Foundations, UNICEF, and the OECD. 

INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: HOW SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ARE UNDERSTOOD
Reimagining Special Education - Lani Florian, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge
Confronting Difference: An Excursion Through the History of Special Education - Margaret Winzer, Professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada
A Sociology of Special Education - Sheila Riddell, Director of the Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity at Edinburgh University
Forms of Provision and Models of Service Delivery - Jennifer Evans, Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, London University
Categories of Special Educational Needs - Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter
The Disproportionate Placement of Ethnic Minorities in Special Education - Beth Harry, Professor of Special Education at the University of Miami, Florida
Changing Perspectives of Special Education in the Evolving Context of Educational Reform - Martyn Rouse, Senior Lecturer in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education & Margaret J. McLaughlin, Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth, University of Mary
PART TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF INCLUSION
Disability Rights in Education - Marcia Rioux, Director of the MA (Critical Disability Studies) and Director, York Institute for Health Research, at York University, Canada
Inclusion as a Strategy for Achieving Education for All - Susan Peters, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, College of Education
Learning from Difference: Sharing International Experiences of Developments in Inclusive Education - Susie Miles, Programme Director of the MEd in Special and Inclusive Education in the University of Manchester’s School of Education & Anupam Ahuja, International Consultant on Inclusion and Educational Programmes
From Special Education to Effective Schools for All: a Review of Progress So Far - Mel Ainscow, Professor of Education and Co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education at the University of Manchester
Inclusive Schooling as a Means and End of Education? - Roger Slee, Founding Editor of the International Journal of Inclusive Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada
PART THREE: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION
Research Method and Methodology
Perspectives Shaping and Challenging Research Approaches - James L. Paul, Professor of Special Education, Kathleen Fowler, Coordinator of the Families as Faculty Project, & Ann Cranston-Gingras, Director of the Center for Migrant Education, all at the University of South Florida
Advances in Research on Teaching Students who Experience Difficulties in Learning: Grappling with the Issue of Access to the General Curriculum - Russell Gersten, Executive Director & Lana Edwards Santoro,Research Associate, both at the Instructional Research Group, Long Beach, California
Quantitative Research Synthesis: Meta-Analysis of Research on Meeting Special Educational Needs - Kenneth A. Kavale, Distinguished Professor of Special Education at Regent University in Virginia Beach
Research and Pupil Voice - Ann Lewis, Professor of Special Education and Educational Psychology in the School of Education, University of Birmingham & Jill Porter, Senior Lecturer in Research Methods and Special Education at the University of Bath
‘Emancipatory’ Disability Research and Special Educational Needs - Colin Barnes, Director, & Alison Sheldon, both in the Centre for Disability Studies, School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds
An Epistemology of Special Education - Gary Thomas, Chair of Inclusion and Diversity, University of Birmingham
Theoretical perspectives
Behavioral Theory and Practice: Current and Future Issues - John W. Maag, Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Constructivist Views of Learning: Implications for Inclusive Education - Judy W. Kugelmass, Bartel Professor at Binghamton University (SUNY)
Sociocultural Views of Learning - J. S. de Valenzuela, Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of New Mexico
PART FOUR: TEACHING STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES
Curriculum and Assessment
Curriculum Considerations in Meeting Special Educational Needs - Richard Rose, Professor of Special and Inclusive Education and Director of the Centre for Special Needs Education and Research at the University of Northampton
Curriculum based Measurement in Reading and Math: Providing Rigorous Outcomes to Support Learning - Julie Alonzo, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Assistant Professor & Gerald Tindal, Castle-McIntosh-Knight Endowed Professor, all at the University of Oregon
Self-Assessment as a Lens for Learning - Roseanna Bourke, Manager, Professional Practice at the Ministry of Education, New Zealand & Mandia Mentis, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Learning and Teaching at Massey University, Auckland
Policy, Legal, and Implementation Issues Surrounding Assessment Accommodations for Students with Disabilities - Martha L. Thurlow, Director, Sandra J. Thompson, former Research Associate & Christopher J. Johnstone, Research Associate, all at the National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota Phases of Education
Teaching and Learning in the Early Years - Susan A. Fowler, Professor of Special Education, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Special Education & Tweety J. Yates, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education, all at the University of Illinois at
Teaching Elementary Students Who Experience Difficulties in Learning - Sharon Vaughn, H. E. Hartfelder/ Southland Corp Regents Chair at the University of Texas, Jeanne Wanzek & Carolyn A. Denton, Assistant Professor, both in the Department of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin
Teaching and Learning in Secondary Education - John McDonnell, Program Coordinator in Severe Disabilities in the Department of Special Education, Michael L. Hardman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Special Education & Jayne McGuire, all in the Department of Special Education at the University
Postsecondary Education - Stan F. Shaw, Co-Director of the University of Connecticut’s Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability
Lifelong Learning and Quality of Life - Lesley Dee, Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education Cross-phase Issues of Teaching and Learning
Collaborative Teaching: Critique of the Scientific Evidence - Jacqueline S. Thousand, Professor, College of Education at Cal State San Marcos in California, Ann I. Nevin, Professor Emerita at Arizona State University & Richard A. Villa, President of Bayridge Consortium, Inc.
Teacher Assistants in Inclusive Schools - Michael F. Giangreco, Research Professor at the University of Vermont’s Center on Disability and Community Inclusion & Mary Beth Doyle, an Associate Professor of Education at St Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont
New Machines and New Agendas: The Changing Nature of Special Education Technology Research - John Woodward, Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington & Ralph Ferretti, Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Delaware
Peer-Mediated Programs to Strengthen Classroom Instruction: Cooperative Learning, Reciprocal Teaching, Classwide Peer Tutoring and Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies - Eric Dion, Assistant Professor at the Department of Special Education and Vocational Training at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Douglas Fuchs & Lynn S. Fuchs, both Nicholas Hobbs Professors of Special Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt Un
Friendships and Peer Relations Among and Between Children and Young People With and Without Learning Disabilities - Dawn B. Male, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Human Development at the Institute of Education, University of London
PART FIVE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Leadership for Social Justice and Inclusion - Katharine Shepherd Furney, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education & Susan Brody Hasazi, Stafford Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Special Education, both at the University of Vermont
What Do Teachers Need To Know About Meeting Special Educational Needs? - Ruth Kershner, Lecturer in Psychology of Education at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education
Learning Without Limits: Constructing a Pedagogy Free from Determinist Beliefs about Ability - Susan Hart, Specialist Teacher and Researcher, Mary Jane Drummond, Writer and Researcher, both based in Cambridge & Donald McIntyre, Professor of Education at Cambridge University
Challenging Orthodoxy in Special Education: On Longstanding Debates and Philosophical Divides - Deborah J. Gallagher, Professor of Education at the University of Northern Iowa
Special Education and its Contribution to the Broader Discourse of Education - Seamus Hegarty, Chairman of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
GLOSSARY