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    SUBJECT HEADINGS

  • Special education -- Curricula

   Special education -- Florida

   Special education -- Government policy -- United States

  Special education -- History


  Special education -- Law and legislation -- United States

  Special education -- Parent participation -- United States

  Special education -- Research -- Methodology

  Special education -- Social aspects -- United States

  Special education teachers

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    REFERENCE BOOKS

  Reynolds, Cecil R., and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen. ed. Concise encyclopedia of special education :
     a reference for the education of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults.

     New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Call# REF LC4007 .E53 2002

  Sacks, Arlene. Special education : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2001.
     Call# REF HF1002 .R687 1998

  Gold, David L. Random House Latin-American Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish.
     New York : Random House, c2000. Call# REF PC4822 .G65 2000

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   CIRCULATING BOOKS

   Paul, James L. and [et al], ed. Foundations of special education :
     basic knowledge informing research and practice in special education.

     Pacific Grove :Brooks/Cole Pub., 1997. Call# LC3965 .F68 1997
 

  Dunlap, Linda L., ed. An introduction to early childhood special education.
     Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1997. Call# LC4031 .I588 1997

  Yell, Mitchell L. The law and special education. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Merrill, 1998.
     Call# KF4210 .Y45 1998

  Utley, Cheryl A. and Festus E. Obiakor, ed. Special education, multicultural education,
     and school reform : components of quality education for learners with mild disabilities.

     Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, 2001. Call# LC1099 .S64 2001

  Birnbaum, Barry W. Connecting special education and technology for the 21st century.
     Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, 1999. Call# LC3969.5 .B57 1999

  Mastropieri, Margo A., and Thomas E. Scruggs. Effective instruction for special education.
     Austin, Tex. : Pro-Ed, 2002. Call# LC4031 .M35 2002


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    JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

  All these titles are available at the library for in-house use only.

   Titles


   The Journal of Special Education

   Teaching Exceptional Children

   Remedial and Special Education : RASE

   American Journal of Education

  Child Development

  Chronicle of Higher Education

  Education

  Instructor

  Journal of Learning Disabilities


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    AUDIOVISUALS

   Videos

  A new I.D.E.A. for special education : understanding the system and the new law :
     a guide for parents, a tool for educators
.
     Call# RES LC4031 .N49 1998


  The 3R's for special education: rights, resources and results.
     Call# RES LC4031 .T47 1995


  Lesson plans and modifications for inclusion and collaborative classrooms.
     Call# RES LC4019 .L477 1995
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    WEBSITES
   
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) provides access to resources for teachers, parents and students. Grant information is also available.
 
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities. This great site will provide you with information in Spanish and state resources.

Federal Resource Center for Special Education
   
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    ELECTRONIC INDEXES AND DATABASES 

Accessible at www.linccweb.org/eresources.asp


Database
Availability
Information
ERIC

Available to MDC Students only. Partial Full-Text. Access under Academic Search Premier ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center database, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.
Academic Search Premier
Available to MDC Students only. Partial Full-Text Provides full text for nearly 1,560 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.
Custom Newspapers
Available to MDC Students only. Full-Text InfoTrac/GaleNet) - Full-text access to The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Florida newspapers.
EducationalAbs
Available to MDC Students only. Partial Full-Text. Available under FirstSearch Leading publications in the field of education. Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college.
Professional Development Collection
Available to MDC Students only. Partial Full-Text. Available under Academic Search Premier Full-Text. Available under Academic Search Premier designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 800 journals. Full text information dates as far back as 1965.
H.W.Wilson Education
Available to MDC Students only. Partial Full-Text Full-featured database covering such topics as technology, science, art, humanities, business, law, and social sciences. Many articles in full-text.
WilsonSelectPus
Available to MDC Students only. Full-Text. Available under FirstSearch Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

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