Educating Exceptional Children : An Introduction To Special Education 1st Edition

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Intended as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses (B.Ed./M.Ed.; B.A./M.A. Education) and diploma level courses in Education as well as for courses in Special Education, this compre-hensive and accessible book provides a sound base for understanding Special Children through an insightful and incisive discussion on Special Education. The text dwells on exceptional children, or children with special needs, who either suffer from various deficits or disabilities, or are gifted. Such children include the mentally retarded, the visually and hearing impaired, the emotionally disturbed, those with autism, cerebral palsy, and the deprived, as well as the gifted and the creative. This well-organized and pedagogically rich text should be extremely useful to students as well as professionals—special education teachers, those engaged in guidance and counselling, educational policy makers, and field workers, who have an abiding interest in the education of exceptional children and in special education. Key Features Includes student-friendly features like illustrations, examples, tables, and research-based experimental findings. Provides a complete picture of exceptionality, from the early years of human history to the present day. Gives case histories to practically illustrate the subject. Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Concept of Exceptionality and Exceptional Children Chapter 2 Concept and Provisions of Special Education Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives in Special Education Chapter 4 Organization and Administration of Special Education in India Chapter 5 Mentally Retarded Children Chapter 6 Orthopaedic Impaired Children Chapter 7 Visually Impaired Children Chapter 8 Hearing Impaired Children Chapter 9 Learning Disabilities and Learning Disabled Children Chapter 10 Emotionally Disturbed Children Chapter 11 Children with Communication Disorders Chapter 12 Children with Autism Chapter 13 Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Chapter 14 Children with Cerebral Palsy Chapter 15 Children with Multiple Disabilities Chapter 16 Deprivation and Deprived Children Chapter 17 Slow Learners or Educationally Backward Children Chapter 18 Juvenile Delinquents Chapter 19 Gifted Children Chapter 20 Creative Children Glossary Name Index Subject Index