Reinventing Special Education - K-12

As classroom teachers and school leaders are well aware, increased accountability for the performance of students receiving special education services is forcing schools to look for effective action plans to provide support for and challenge these struggling learners. This handbook answers that need by describing successful and classroom tested strategies for ensuring positive results with this student population.

Topics covered include:

• intervention strategies that produce results and dispel the prevailing culture of low expectations
• effective use of data
• tiered models
• co-teaching preparation, planning, and evaluation
• professional development