Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach, Fourth Edition

Now in its fourth edition, this highly respected, bestselling textbook gives undergraduate and graduate students up-to-the-minute research and strategies for educating children with severe and multiple disabilities. This popular core text — for 15 years, a staple of teacher training programs in special education and related fields — thoroughly prepares preservice professionals with comprehensive coverage of the topics they'll need to know about. This expanded edition gives readers

• a new chapter outlining an integrated, collaborative approach to planning, instruction, and alternate assessment
• contributions from well-known experts representing a wider variety of disciplines, including special education, occupational therapy, nursing, and psychiatry
• extensive updates, including new vignettes, figures such as sample graphic overlays for alternate communication devices and illustrations of proper handling and positioning, sample forms such as IEP pages, and references
• a FREE online study companion, featuring learning objectives, sample syllabi, student activities, key terms, hundreds of study questions, and annotated links to web sites that supplement each chapter