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This guide is for those interested in the education of those with special needs, both research and practice.  This includes those with learning differences and social differences.

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Recently received

The Routledge international handbook of dyscalculia and mathematical learning difficulties / edited by Steve Chinn.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » RJ496 .A25 R68 2015
Handbook of effective inclusive schools : research and practice / edited by James McLeskey, Nancy L. Waldron, Fred Spooner, and Bob Algozzine.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1201 .H34 2014
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Handbook of research on special education teacher preparation / edited by Paul T. Sindelar, Erica D. McCray, Mary T. Brownell, and Benjamin Lignugaris/Kraft.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3969.45 .H354 2014
The SAGE handbook of emotional and behavioral difficulties / edited by Philip Garner, James Kauffman and Julian Elliott.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4801 .H347 2014

Other books

Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education / Editor, James A. Banks, University of Washington.
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC1099 .E38 2012 V.1
"The major aim of this encyclopedia is to describe the most important concepts, theories, research, policies, case studies, and programs at the pre-school through the postsecondary levels and their implications for educational reform. Diversity is defined broadly in this encyclopedia and includes race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual orientation (LGBT), religion, language, and exceptionality, which encompasses giftedness and disability." p. xlviii
The complete learning disabilities handbook : ready-to-use strategies & activities for teaching students with learning disabilities / Joan Harwell, Rebecca Williams Jackson.
3rd ed. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4704 .H378 2008
A comprehensive guide to intellectual & developmental disabilities / edited by Ivan Brown and Maire Percy.
Baltimore, Md. : Paul H. Brookes, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » HV1570 .C66 2007
Encyclopedia of education and human development / Stephen J. Farenga and Daniel Ness, editors ; foreword by James H. Borland.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB15 .E473 2005 V.1
Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education of children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and other exceptional individuals / edited by Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen.
3rd ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4007 .E53 2007 V.1
Handbook of adolescent transition education for youth with disabilities / edited by Michael L. Wehmeyer, Kristine W. Webb.
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4031 .H358 2012
The handbook of international school psychology / editors, Shane R. Jimerson, Thomas D. Oakland, Peter T. Farrell.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB1027.55 .H357 2007
Provides "a description of the specialty of psychology devoted to the provision of services to children and youth, their teachers, and parents." Section I contains chapters on individual countries, while Section II has synthesis chapters.
Handbook of learning disabilities / edited by H. Lee Swanson, Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham.
New York, N.Y. : Guilford Press, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC4704 .H364 2003
"review major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities (LD) over the last 20 years."
Handbook of reading interventions / edited by Rollanda E. O'Connor, Patricia F. Vadasy.
New York : Guilford Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.5 .H267 2011
"The volume addresses the major components of literacy, including word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, spelling, and writing. Chapters also cover the specific needs of preschoolers and older readers, as well as English language learners and students with learning disabilities."
Handbook of response to intervention : the science and practice of assessment and intervention / edited by Shane R. Jimerson, Matthew K. Burns, Amanda M. VanDerHeyden.
1st ed. New York, NY : Springer, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4704 .H368 2007
"Until now, practitioners have had access to very few detailed descriptions of response to intervention (RTI) methods and the effective role they can play in special education. The Handbook of Response to Intervention fills this critical information gap. In a single, comprehensive volume, more than 90 expert scholars and practitioners join together to provide a highly usable guide to the essentials of RTI assessment and identification as well as research-based interventions for improving students' reading, writing, oral, and math skills. Each chapter explores crucial issues, defines key concepts, and answers real-world questions regarding implementation..."
The SAGE handbook of dyslexia / edited by Gavin Reid ... [et al.].
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.5 .S24 2008
"The SAGE Handbook of Dyslexia is a comprehensive overview of a complex field....The editors have brought together key figures from the international academic world - both researchers and practitioners - to examine the relationships between theoretical paradigms, research and practice, and to map new areas of research."
The Routledge companion to dyslexia / edited by Gavin Reid ; associate editors, Gad Elbeheri ... [et al.].
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.5 .R68 2009

New books

Engaging learners with complex learning difficulties and disabilities : a resource book for teachers and teaching assistants / Barry Carpenter, Jo Egerton, Beverley Cockbill, Tamara Bloom, Jodie Fotheringham, Hollie Rawson and Jane Thistlethwaite.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4704 .C37 2015
Practice-oriented.
Can we read letters? : reflections on fundamental issues in reading and dyslexia research / Finn Egil Tønnessen ; with Per Henning Uppstad (National Centre for Reading Education and Research, Stavanger, Norway).
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.5 .T64 2015
Mutuality, mystery, and mentorship in higher education / Mary Jo Hinsdale (Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4091 .H56 2015
Teaching and learning in bilingual classrooms : new scholarship / Kristin J. Mulrooney, editor.
Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HV2449 .T435 2014
Interventions for reading problems : designing and evaluating effective strategies / Edward J. Daly III, Sabina Neugebauer, Sandra Chafouleas, Christopher H. Skinner.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.5 .D28 2015
Practice-oriented.
Closing the school discipline gap : equitable remedies for excessive exclusion / edited by Daniel J. Losen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3012.2 .C56 2015
Practice-oriented.
Identity, neoliberalism and aspiration : educating white working-class boys / Garth Stahl.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1390 .S78 2015
Prelude to prison : student perspectives on school suspension / Marsha Weissman.
1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3012.2 .W45 2015
Besieged by behavior analysis for autism spectrum disorder : a treatise for comprehensive educational approaches / Eric Shyman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4717 .S49 2015
Inclusive education in the early years : right from the start / edited by Kathy Cologon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1203 .A8 I53 2014
When treating all the kids the same is the real problem : educational leadership and the 21st century dilemma of difference / Kendra Johnson, Lisa Williams.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.2 .J62 2015
Practice-oriented.
15 positive behavior strategies to increase academic success / Beverley Holden Johns.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3013 .J63 2015
Practice-oriented.
Arts integration and special education : an inclusive theory of action for student engagement / edited by Alida Anderson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3970 .A78 2015
Being bad : my baby brother and the school-to-prison pipeline / Crystal T. Laura ; foreword by William Ayers ; afterword by Erica R. Meiners.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2779 .L38 2014
Maximizing effectiveness of reading comprehension instruction in diverse classrooms / by Sheri Berkeley, Ph.D. (George Mason University) and Ana Taboada Barber, Ph.D. (University of Maryland).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.45 .B47 2015
Practice-oriented.
Interdisciplinary frameworks for schools : best professional practices for serving the needs of all students / Virginia Wise Berninger ; with contributions by Sharan Brown, G. Andrew H. Benjamin, Kristen Bishop, Thomas Power, and Deborah Wabe.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4019 .B42 2015
Practice-oriented.
The dyscalculia solution : teaching number sense / Jane Emerson and Patricia Babtie ; foreword by Brian Butterworth.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4621 .E44 2014 F
Practice-oriented.
Becoming a great inclusive educator / edited by Scot Danforth.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1201 .B44 2014
Practice-oriented.
Summer melt : supporting low-income students through the transition to college / Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC208.8 .C37 2014
Practice-oriented.
The inclusion toolbox : strategies and techniques for ALL teachers / Jennifer A. Kurth, Megan Gross.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1201 .K87 2015
Practice-oriented.
Turning the tide : making life better for deaf and hard of hearing schoolchildren / Gina A. Oliva and Linda Risser Lytle.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » HV2430 .O45 2014
Practicing disability studies in education, : acting toward social change / edited by David J. Connor, Jan W. Valle, & Chris Hale.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4065 .P69 2015
Identifying additional learning needs in the early years / Christine MacIntyre.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1140.25 .G7 M33 2015
Testing accommodations for students with disabilities : research-based practice / Benjamin J. Lovett and Lawrence J. Lewandowski.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3060.59 .L68 2015
Practice-oriented.
Why rural schools matter / Mara Casey Tieken.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5146.5 .T57 2014
Fixing truancy now : inviting students back to class / Jonathan W. Shute and Bruce S. Cooper.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3081 .S48 2014
Cultural literacy for the common core : 6 steps to powerful, practical instruction for all learners / Bonnie M. Davis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1099.3 .D394 2014
Practice-oriented.
Student mobility : creating an environment for social and academic success / Jane Stavem.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA230 .S745 2014
Underprivileged school children and the assault on dignity : policy challenges and resistance / edited by Julia Hall.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4091 .U45 2014
Education is special for everyone : how schools can best serve all students / Janet D. Mulvey, Bruce S. Cooper, Kathryn F. Accurso, and Karen Gagliardi.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1201 .M85 2014
Practice-oriented.
Writing development in children with hearing loss, dyslexia, or oral language problems : implications for assessment and instruction / edited by Barbara Arfé, Julie Dockrell, Virginia Berninger.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139 .W7 W75 2014

Journals

Advances in child development and behavior.
New York, Academic Press, 1963-
Green Library » Stacks » BF721 .A45 V.1 1963
Each annual volume covers a different theme providing "a unique perspective on a question of major interest and significance to developmental and cognitive psychologists, developmental and cognitive scientists, and developmental cognitive neuroscientists, as well as to clinicians who work with children from the special populations on whom much of the research is focused."
Reading & writing quarterly : overcoming learning disabilities.
Washington, DC : Hemisphere Pub. Corp.,
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Topics in early childhood special education.
Rockville, Md. : Aspen Systems Corp., c1981-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LC4019.2 .T66 V.27 2007

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Psychology databases

PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
PsycARTICLES [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations since 1988. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PsycCritiques [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
PsycTESTS [electronic resource].
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Websites

Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

"The Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) is a federally-funded collaborative effort of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Council for Exceptional Children, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education. The CLAS Institute is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education. The CLAS Institute identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention practices and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds."