The following are some useful textbooks, and you may find these in the Lehman Library. Keep in mind, however, that there are quite a few people taking these tests.
Bos, C., Vaughn, S. (2012). Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems
8e.with MyEducationLab. Princeton: Merrill Publishing.
Echevarria, Vogt & Short. (2013. Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners:
The SIOP Model 4E. New York: Pearson. ISBN-10: 0132689723
Hardman, M. (2008). Human Exceptionality; School, Community, And Family, 9th Edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin. (ISBN-10: 0618920420)
Heward , W.L.; Orlansky, M.D. (2002). Exceptional Children (Sixth Ed.). NY: Merrill.
Lerner, J. (2009). Learning Disabilities And Related Mild Disabilities. NY: Houghton Mifflin Co.
McCarney, S., Wunderlich, K., Bauer, A. Third Edition (2006). The pre-referral intervention manual. Columbia, Mo.:
Hawthorne Educational Services.
The following questions and answers highlight some of the topics that you should study. It is, by no means, a complete list. Each section is followed by useful websites.
1-THE PURPOSE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
- When is special education needed? How do we know?
- If disability labels do not tell us what and how to teach, why are they used in special education?
- Why have court cases and federal legislation been required to ensure that children with disabilities receive a free appropriate education?
- How can a special educator provide all three kinds of intervention-preventive, remedial, and compensatory-on behalf of an individual child?
- In what ways do general and special education differ? Are those differences important? If so, why and how?
Websites
• National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
o https://www.nichcy.org
• Council for Exceptional Children
o https://www.cec.sped.org
• Division of Developmental Disabilities (DSHS) Resource Links
o https://wwwl.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/links.shtml
• Special Education News and Resources
o https://www.specialednews.com/
• U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
o https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
• WrightsLaw
o https://www.wrightslaw.com/