Tools and insight to help classroom teachers reach and teach students receiving special education services. Special education is for students who need more specialized support in order to learn, remember, and advance their knowledge and skills. In Understanding Special Education Beyond the Jargon , inclusion expert Toby J. Karten offers general education teachers - Critical definitions, characteristics, examples, and nonexamples of special education. - Questions to consider regarding special education applications. - Tips and strategies for considering the essential ABCES (academics, behavior, communications, emotions, and services and supports). - Guidance on how to best implement evidence-based practices. Teachers will find hands-on advice, including explanations of the basics of special education, aimed at ensuring each student in every classroom will have a transformative learning experience.

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