Selected Print and Electronic Resources

Assessment

Overton, T. (2008). Assessing learners with special needs: An applied approach (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Designed to teach future special educators how to assess students with mild to moderate disabilities, this book features a step-by-step approach that provides hands-on learning activities.

Rhodes, R. L., Ochoa, S. H., & Ortiz, S. O. (2005). Assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students: A practical guide. New York: Guilford Press.

This book presents practical, research-based, hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English-language learners and culturally diverse students in schools. Included resources are reproducible worksheets, and checklists and questionnaires.

Salvia, J., Ysseldyke, J., & Bolt, S. (2009). Assessment: In special and inclusive education (11th ed.). Florence, KY: Wadsworth.

This book provides pre-service and in-service educators with basic information on how to correctly select, administer, and evaluate results of assessments to create learning goals and lessons for students with disabilities.

History

Blatt, B., & Kaplan, F. M. (1966). Christmas in purgatory: A photographic essay on mental retardation. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

In this book, Kaplan and Blatt present images that fueled the deinstitutionalization movement in the 1960s and contributed to the creation of community-based programs for children and adults with disabilities.

Osgood, R. L. (2008). The history of special education: A struggle for equality in American public schools. In P. F. Clement (Series Ed.), Growing up: History of children and youth. Westport, CT: Praeger.

The author provides a comprehensive look at the history of special education in the United States, describing the shaping forces and processes and how its features and functions have changed over time.

[Page 290]Winzer, M. A. (1993). The history of special education: From isolation to integration. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

In this free online book available from Google Books, Winzer provides the historical background for the creation of special education. She traces the beliefs, events, and movements in 16th century Western cultures that have led to inclusive education in today's public schools.

Wolfensberger, W. (1972). Normalization: The principle of normalization in human services. Toronto, ON: National Institute on Mental Retardation.

This foundational text presents the theories and beliefs that undergirded the creation of services and special education in the United States, particularly for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Inclusion

Friend, M., & Bursuck, W. D. (2008). Including students with special needs: A practical guide for classroom teachers (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.

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