Parlux Interdisciplinary Connections to Special Education: Key Related Professionals Involved: 30, Part B (Advances in Special Education, 30, Part B)

Product Description This two-part volume addresses the specific area of interdisciplinary connections within special education research. Special education has transformed as a result of legislation, new trends and current research investigations. Currently, there is no comprehensive resource that effectively covers these advances. Continuing the approach of Part A, Part B allows readers to follow interdisciplinary connections within special education as it relates to the roles of audiologists, surgeons, vision specialists and school nurses. Review In this book, editors Obiakor and Bakken present readers with a collection of academic essays focused on a wide variety of interdisciplinary connections to special education that may be involved in the IEP (individual education plan) process. The selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to the role of the school nurse in special education, the role of physical therapists in advancing special education, the role of speech-language pathologists in special education, and a many other subjects. Festus E. Obiakor is a faculty member of Valdosta State University, Georgia. Jeffrey P. Bakken is a faculty member of Bradley University, Illinois. -- Annotation ©2016 ― (protoview.com)