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.

List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsAbout the EditorAbout the ContributorsEditorial AdvisorsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: How Special Educational Needs Are UnderstoodReimagining Special Education - Why New Approaches are Needed - Lani FlorianConfronting Difference: A Brief History of Special Education - Margaret A. WinzerModels of Service Delivery and Forms of Provision - Tony Cline & Norah Frederickson Categories of Special Educational Needs - Brahm NorwichThe Disproportionate Placement of Ethnic Minorities in Special Education - Beth HarryA Sociological Perspective on Special Education - Sheila RiddellSocial Justice in Education for Students with Disabilities - David J. ConnorPart II: The Challenge of InclusionDisability Rights in Education - Marcia RiouxInclusive Education: From Targeting Groups and Schools to Achieving Quality Education as the Core of EFA - Renato Opertti, Zachary Walker & Yi ZhangFrom Special Education to Effective Schools for All: Widening the Agenda - Mel AinscowSui Ban Jiu Du: An Approach Toward Inclusive Education in China - Chunling Liu & Xueyun SuEntry, Engagement and Empowerment: Dilemmas for Inclusive Education in an Indian Context - Nidhi SingalInclusive Schooling as a Means and End of Education? - Roger SleeEquity in Inclusive Education: A Cultural Historical Comparative Perspective - Elizabeth Kozleski, Alfredo Artiles & Federico WaitollerHow Special Needs Funding Can Support Inclusive Education - Sip Jan PijlPart III: Knowledge ProductionEpistemology and Special Education - Gary ThomasPersistent Issues in Behavioral Theory and Practice - John W. MaagSociocultural Views of Learning - J. S. de ValenzuelaEducational Neuroscience: Bridging the Gulf Between Basic Research and Implications for Practice - Usha GoswamiComparative and International Perspectives on Special Education - Justin J.W. PowellA Disability Studies Frame for Research Approaches in Special Education - Douglas Biklen, Fernanda Orsati & Jessica BaconThe Applied Science of Special Education: Quantitative Approaches, the Questions They Address, and How They Inform Practice - Samuel L. Odom & Kathleen Lynne LaneResearching Inclusive Classroom Practices: The Framework For - Kristine Black-HawkinsResearch and Pupil Voice - Jill PorterUsing the Capability Approach to Evaluate the Well-being of Adult learners with Dis/abilities Participation - Barbara Ridley & Michael F. WattsPart IV: Issues of TeachingLearning Without Limits: Constructing a Pedagogy Free from Determinist Beliefs about Ability - Susan Hart and Mary Jane Drummond Nothing Special - The Everyday Pedagogy of Teaching - Jonathan Rix and Kieron SheehyUniversal Design for Learning - David H. Rose, Jenna W. Gravel, and David T. GordonCurriculum Considerations in Meeting the Educational Needs of Learners with Severe Intellectual Disabilities - Jean WareBeyond Categories and Labels: Knowledge to Support Assessment for Learning. Disability' - A Problem Well Put? - Judith HollenwegerAssessment for Learning and the Journey Towards Inclusion - Louise HaywardSelf-Assessment as an 'Insider' Lens for Learning and Assessment - Roseanna Bourke and Mandia MentisDynamic Assessment and Cognitive Intervention - Alex KozulinExpanding Approaches to Summative Assessment for Students with Impairment - J. Joy Cumming & Graham S. MaxwellInstructional and Assessment Accommodations in the 21st Century - Martha L. ThurlowTeaching and Learning in the Early Years - Susan A. Fowler, Michaelene M. Ostrosky and Tweety J. YatesTeaching Elementary Students with Learning Difficulties - Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Wanzek & Carolyn A. DentonSecondary Special Education and Inclusive Practice: Pitfalls and Potential for the Success of All - Lisa A. Dieker and Selma PowellStudents with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education - Robert Stodden and Kelly RobertsTeacher Assistants in Inclusive Classrooms - Michael F. Giangreco and Mary Beth DoyleAssistive Technology to Provide Access to the Curriculum and Increase Independence - Amy G. Dell and Deborah A. NewtonMobile Learning and Games in Special Education - Penny Standen and David BrownThe Evolving Use of Technology in Special Education: Is "Effectiveness" the Right question? - John Woodward & Ralph FerrettiFriendships and Peer Relations Among and Between Children and Young People With and Without Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities - Dawn B. MaleFinding a Voice: Families Roles in Schools - Dianne L. Ferguson, Amy N. Hanreddy and Philip M. Ferguson Interagency Working and Special Education: Beyond 'Virtuous' Ideas of Partnership towards Alternative Frameworks for Collaborative Work with Children - Liz Todd Part V: Future Directions For Research and PracticeEducation Without Condescension: Philosophy, Personhood and Cognitive Disability - Ruth Cigman Challenging Orthodoxy in Special Education: On Longstanding Debates and Philosophical Divides Revisited - Deborah J. GallagherWhat do Classroom Teachers Need to Know about Meeting Special Educational Needs? - Ruth KershnerThe Professional Knowledge of Special Educators - Kari NesInquiry and Community: Uncommon Opportunities to Enrich Professional Development for Inclusion - Marleen C. Pugach & Linda P. BlantonChanging Perspectives of Special Education in the Evolving Context of Standards-Based Reforms in the US and England - Margaret J. McLaughlin and Alan DysonMedicalization in Schools - Valerie Harwood and Samantha McMahonSpecial Education and its Contribution to the Broader Discourse of Education - Seamus HegartyGlossary - Cristina Devecchi