Children with Exceptionalities in Canadian Classrooms (6 Rev ed)

Appropriate for introductory courses in Children with Exceptionalities, Exceptional Children, or Special Education.

These courses are found in faculties of Education, Early Childhood Education departments, and Community Services departments. This text provides a comprehensive, Canadian introduction to children with exceptionalities and the challenges facing those who teach them, parent them, and work and play with them on a daily basis.

Rather than offer generic or specific teaching and instructional practices, the author portrays children with exceptionalities as learners with special needs.

The author has organized the text according to category of exceptionality, regarding this as the most practical, logical way to organize the huge body of knowledge pertaining to exceptionalities.

In the Classroom features at the close of each categorical section, which link these aspects together for a range of learners.