Rethinking Professional Issues in Special Education

JAMES L. PAUL is a Professor of Special Education at the University of South Florida and formerly chair of the Department of Special Education. He is the co-editor of Stories Out of School: Memories and Reflections on Care and Cruelty in the Classroom (Ablex, 2000).CAROLYN D. LAVELY is a Professor of Special Education at the University of South Florida.ANN CRANSTON-GINGRAS is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of South Florida.ELLA L. TAYLOR coordinates the University of South Florida's online master's degree program in gifted education as well as teaches Special Education courses.

• Preface by James L. Paul and Ann Cranston-Gingras To Improve or Reconstruct Special Education: Issues Facing the Field by James L. Paul and Ann Cranston-Gingras The Demographics of Special Education by Harold Hodgkinson Interventions and Children with Special Needs by James J. Gallagher High-Stakes Testing and the Distortion of Care by Nel Noddings From the Old to the New Paradigm of Disability and Families: Research to Enhance Family Quality of Life by Ann P. Turnbull and H.R. Turnbull Addressing Home, School, and Community Violence for Children with Disabilities by Zena H. Rudo, Vestena Robbins, and Denise Smith Informing Professional Issues in Special Education Through Disability Studies by Ann Cranston-Gingras and Crystal Roberts Ladwig The Teacher Variable: Who Makes Education Special by James L. Paul and Patricia A. Parrish The Reflective Self: Becoming a Special Educator by Patricia Fagan and Ella L. Taylor Preparing African-American Male Teachers for Urban Special Education Environments by Brenda L. Townsend and Karen M. Harris Collaborative Professional Development Partnerships by Karen Colucci, Betty Epanchin, and Kathy Laframboise The Use of Educational Technology and Assistive Devices in Special Education by Barbara L. Loeding The Utilization of Distance Learning and Technology for Teaching Children with Disabilities by Michael W. Curton and Lynn Rejniak Charter Schools and Their Impact on Special Education by Myrrha Pammer, Lynn Lavely, and Cathy Wooley-Brown Reading the History of Special Education by Sherman Dorn Ethics and Special Education by James L. Paul, Peter French, and Ann Cranston-Gingras