The second edition of The SAGE Handbook of Special Education provides a comprehensive overview of special education, offering a wide range of views on key issues from all over the world. The contributors bring together up-to-date theory, research and innovations in practice, with an emphasis on future directions for the role of special education in a global context of inclusion. This brand new edition features: • New chapters on families, interagency collaboration and issues of lifelong learning • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Policy reform proposals • Equity and social justice in education • The impact of new thinking on assessment • Issues and developments in classification • The preparation and qualifications that teachers need The Handbook’s breadth, clarity and academic rigour will make it essential ...