Prologue

Norris Haring

Introduction

PART I: DEFINITION OF DISABILITIES

1 Defining Learning Disabilities: Consonance and Dissonance

Kenneth A. Kavale

Steven R. Forness

2 Attention Deficit Disorders

Janet W. Lerner

3 Defining Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in School and Related Services

Steven R. Forness

Kenneth A. Kavale

4 Classification for Children

Deborah L. Speece

Beth Harry

PART II: ASSESSMENT OF DISABILITIES

5 Whether Thou Goest...Perspectives on Progress Monitoring

Stanley L. Deno

6 Programming: Aligning Teacher Thought Processes With the Curriculum

Kenneth W. Howell

Marcia R. Davidson

7 Assessment of Social Competence in Students With Learning Disabilities

Diane Haager

Sharon Vaughn

8 Comorbidity of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Melody Tankersley

Timothy J. Landrum

PART III: INSTRUCTION

9 Theory of Mastery and Acceleration

Siegfried Engelmann

10 Advances in Research on Instruction

Barak Rosenshine

11 Accommodating Student Heterogeneity in Mainstreamed Elementary Classrooms Through Cooperative Learning

Robert J. Stevens

Jill D. Salisbury

12 Whole Language and Process Writing: Does One Approach Fit All?

Steve Graham

Karen R. Harris

PART IV: SPECIAL GROUPS

13 Barriers to the Implementation of Effective Educational Practices for Young Children With Disabilities

Judith J. Carta

Charles R. Greenwood

14 Forging a Research Program on Multicultural Preservice Teacher Education in Special Education: A Proposed Analytic Scheme

Alfredo J. Artiles

Stanley C. Trent

15 Antisocial Girls and the Development of Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Elizabeth Talbott

Kevin Callahan

PART V: LEGISLATION AND POLICY

16 A Diversity of Restrictive Environments: Placement as a Problem of Social Ecology

James M. Kauffman

Daniel P. Hallahan

17 The Legalization and Federalization of Special Education

Dixie Snow Huefner

18 Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap

Douglas W. Carnine

PART VI: INTEGRATION

19 Educating Students With Disabilities: The Future of Special Education

Naomi Zigmond

Author Index

Subject Index