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MARILYN FRIEND
WILLIAM D. BURSUCK
EIGHTH EDITION
Including Students
with Special Needs
A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers
MARILYN FRIEND
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
WILLIAM D. BURSUCK
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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students with disabilities.
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
Wrapping It Up 421
strategy for some students than are more traditional classroom rewards. Students
can transfer self-management strategies to other classrooms and teachers and
even into adult life. By collaborating with special education teachers and other
school professionals, you can design a CBM program that could have a long-
lasting positive student impact.
CHAPTER-OPENING VIGNETTES open each chapter, describing the
Final Thoughts About Including experiences of elementary, middle school, and high school students as
Students with Special Needs
and the INCLUDE Strategy
With your understanding of strategies and approaches for responding to student
they relate to the topics discussed in each chapter. These individuals’
experiences are referenced at key points in the chapter as well. The
behavior, you now have the final ingredient for making your classroom a place
where students with special needs want to come and want to learn. You know
about the foundations of special education and the procedures followed for iden-
tifying students with disabilities. You have a strategy—INCLUDE—for guiding
FPOvignettes can form the basis for applying information and strategies
your decisions about student needs and interventions that can be embedded
within your curriculum and lesson plans. You know about the importance of Video Example from
having the support and assistance of colleagues and parents, whether for plan-
ning an instructional program for a student, teaching with you in the classroom,
or problem solving when concerns arise. You also understand some of the most
important characteristics and needs of students with disabilities and other special
needs. You have learned many strategies for helping students succeed in your
classroom, including creating a positive instructional environment, assessing stu- MyLab Education
from the chapter, and they can be a launching point for discussions
dent needs, implementing instructional interventions, helping students be inde-
pendent, and evaluating their learning. And you have learned several approaches
for responding to students’ discipline, behavior, and social needs.
If you keep that in mind and use the knowledge you have gained, you will
of issues influencing the field, including inclusive practices, collabora-
Video Example 12.6: People with
Disabilities Can Succeed
What is most important is the
statement that appeared in the first
tion, and response to intervention. They are revisited at the ends of the
chapter of this text: Students with
positively touch the lives and learning of all the students who call you teacher. disabilities and other special needs
You will help all your students reach their potential so that they can become pro- are children and youth first, and you
ductive individuals who contribute to their communities, living happy, construc- can be the teacher that makes all the
tive, and fulfilled lives. And those former students will remember that you were difference in their lives. (https://www
AIDS TO UNDERSTANDING
MyLab Education
One of the most visible changes in the new edition, and one of the most signifi-
cant, is the expansion of the digital learning and assessment resources embed-
ded in the etext through the inclusion of MyLab Education in the work. MyLab
Education is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed
to work with the text to engage learners and to improve learning. Within its
structured environment, learners see key concepts demonstrated through real
classroom video footage, are given opportunities to practice what they learn,
and can test their understanding and receive feedback to guide their learn-
ing and to ensure their mastery of key learning outcomes. Designed to bring
learners more directly into the worlds of students with special needs and the
educators who work with them, the online resources in MyLab Education with
the Enhanced Etext include:
Video Examples
In all chapters, embedded videos provide illustrations of special education prin-
ciples or concepts in action. These video examples show students, teachers, and
families working in classrooms and/or providing their perspectives about real
life situations.
Self-Checks
In each chapter, self-check quizzes help assess how well learners have mastered
the content. The self-checks are made up of self-grading multiple-choice items
that not only provide feedback on whether questions are answered correctly or
incorrectly, but also provide rationales for both correct and incorrect answers.
Application Exercises
These scaffolded analysis exercises are built around the scenarios that open
each chapter, describing the experiences of elementary, middle school, and high
school students as they relate to the topics discussed in each chapter. In the Back
to the Cases feature at the end of each chapter, readers are challenged to apply
what they have learned to the students they met at the beginning of the chapter.
The questions in these exercises are usually constructed-response. Once learners
provide their own answers to the questions, they receive feedback in the form of
model answers written by experts.
TestGen (0-13-475412-3)
TestGen is a powerful test generator that instructors install on a computer and
use in conjunction with the TestGen test bank file for the text. Assessments,
including equations, graphs, and scientific notation, may be created for both
print and online testing.
TestGen is available exclusively from Pearson Education publishers. Instruc-
tors install TestGen on a personal computer (Windows or Macintosh) and create
tests for classroom testing and for other specialized delivery options, such as over
a local area network or on the web. A test bank, which is also called a Test Item
File (TIF), typically contains a large set of test items, organized by chapter and
ready for use in creating a test, based on the associated textbook material.
The tests can be downloaded in the following formats:
TestGen Testbank file—PC
TestGen Testbank file—MAC
TestGen Testbank—Blackboard 9 TIF
TestGen Testbank—Blackboard CE/Vista (WebCT) TIF
Angel Test Bank (zip)
D2L Test Bank (zip)
Moodle Test Bank
Sakai Test Bank (zip)
Acknowledgments
Many individuals helped us during the preparation of the eighth edition of
Including Students with Special Needs, and without their assistance and encour-
agement the project undoubtedly would have stalled. First and most important,
we express our gratitude to our families. They have listened to us worry about
how to respond to reviewer comments and suggestions, meet the deadlines that
sometimes seemed impossibly near, analyze aloud whether particular video clips
accurately represented the concept at hand, and fret about what material to add
or keep in the book and what material had to be dropped. They helped us sort
through the conundrums, offered suggestions with the perspective of outsiders
who deeply cared, and tolerated our need to hide in our offices as we wrote and
rewrote. We cannot possibly say thank you in enough ways for their support.
We also thank the individuals who helped us with all the innumerable
details of revising a textbook. Tammy Baron from Western Carolina Univer-
sity was instrumental in developing the Back to the Cases and MyLab activi-
ties. Tammy also assisted us in finding just the right videos to help bring our
text to life, and she made suggestions and corrections that helped improve our
final product. Sonia Martin, an invaluable colleague at The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, helped with the myriad formatting tasks that accompany
textbook revision. We especially thank her for lending a sympathetic ear and for
her inimitable sense of humor. Courtney Barron’s contribution likewise is greatly
appreciated: She created the new icon for the INCLUDE process that is a center-
piece concept for Including Students with Special Needs.
The professionals at Pearson also have supported this effort with both words
and actions. Director and Publisher Kevin Davis has steered this eighth edi-
tion through the many steps of its creation, offering guidance and insights with
encouragement, clarification, and patience. Developmental Editor Alicia Reilly
was, as always, diligent in her efforts to help us keep the book clear, responsive
to the needs of the field, and on target with the many components of the book,
from the main manuscript to the features to the videos—and she demonstrated
once again that nagging about deadlines and tasks still awaiting attention can be
accomplished in a way that is neither overly intrusive nor offensive. Alicia also
helped us navigate the increasingly complex waters encountered in seeking per-
missions for reproduced material. Thanks so much, Alicia.
Special thanks go to the reviewers for this edition: Glennda McKeithan—
North Carolina State University; Genevieve Hay—College of Charleston; and Den-
nis Attick—Clayton State University. We were impressed with their meticulous
approach to reviewing the manuscript and their perceptive suggestions. We tried
to incorporate as many of their recommendations as we could, and they defi-
nitely contributed to the development of a better textbook.
Finally, we continue to be grateful to all of our university colleagues, stu-
dents, and professionals in schools who influence our thinking about educating
students with special needs in general education settings. Their questions about
best practices, their challenges to our thinking, and their ideas for better com-
municating our message have been invaluable.
Glossary 425
References 431
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Federal Special Education Law 6 The Special Education Referral and Assessment
Process 53
What Influences Have Shaped Special
Education? 8 Decision Making for Special Services 55
The Context for the Development of Special Monitoring Special Education Services 56
Education 9 What Is an Individualized Education
Parent Advocacy 9 Program? 58
The Civil Rights Movement 10 Required Components of an IEP 58
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CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7
Students with Low-Incidence Students with High-Incidence
Disabilities 178 Disabilities 212
LEARNING OUTCOMES 178 LEARNING OUTCOMES 212
What Are Low-Incidence Disabilities? 182 What Are High-Incidence Disabilities? 214
What Are the Characteristics and Instructional What Instructional Adjustments Can You Make for
Needs of Students with Autism Spectrum Students with Communication Disorders? 216
Disorders? 183 Understanding Speech Problems 216
Characteristics of Students with Autism Spectrum Understanding Language Problems 216
Disorders 184
Classroom Adjustments for Students
Instructional Supports for Students with Autism with Communication Disorders 218
Spectrum Disorders 185
Who Are Students with Learning and Behavioral
What Are the Characteristics and Instructional Disabilities and What Are Their Academic Needs? 220
Needs of Students with Moderate, Severe, or
Reading Skills 222
Multiple Disabilities? 189
Written Language Skills 223
Characteristics of Students with Moderate to Severe
Intellectual Disabilities 189 Math Skills 226
Students with Visual Impairments 196 Personal and Psychological Adjustment 233
Students with Hearing Loss 198 Addressing Social and Emotional Needs 237
Interventions for Students with Attention Deficit– How Can You Involve Parents in Teaching Their
Hyperactivity Disorder 252 Children? 318
Families of Children with Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity How Can You Make Instructional Modifications
Disorder 256 for Students with Moderate to Severe Intellectual
What Are the Characteristics and Instructional Disabilities? 319
Needs of Students Who Are Gifted and WRAPPING IT UP 321
Talented? 258 Back to the Cases 321
Characteristics and Needs of Students Who Are Gifted Summary 322
and Talented 259
APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING PRACTICE Developing a
Interventions for Students Who Are Gifted and Repertoire of Instructional Adjustments 322
Talented 260
What Are the Characteristics and Instructional
Needs of Students from Culturally Diverse
Backgrounds? 263 CHAPTER 10
Diversity and Special Education 264 Strategies for Independent
Cultural Proficiency 265
Learning 324
Families and Diversity 267
Multicultural and Bilingual Education 269 LEARNING OUTCOMES 324
What Are the Characteristics and Instructional How Can You Encourage Student
Needs of Students Who Are at Risk? 270 Self-Awareness, Self-Advocacy, and
Characteristics and Needs of Students at Risk 270 Self-Determination? 327
Interventions for Students at Risk 275 How Can You Effectively Teach
WRAPPING IT UP 277 Independent Learning Strategies
in Class? 328
Back to the Cases 277
Assess Current Strategy Use 330
Summary 277
Clarify Expectations 332
APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING PRACTICE Diversity in a High
School Class 278 Demonstrate Strategy Use 332
Encourage Students to Memorize
Strategy Steps 333
CHAPTER 9 Provide Guided and Independent
Practice 334
Adjusting Instruction 280 Administer Posttests 335
What Are Some Examples of Successful
LEARNING OUTCOMES 280
Learning Strategies? 335
How Can You Make Instructional Adjustments
Word Identification and Reading Fluency
for Students with Special Needs in Basic Skills? 284
Strategies 335
Teaching Preskills 284
Vocabulary Strategies 337
Selecting and Sequencing Examples 286
Reading Comprehension Strategies 337
Deciding the Rate of Introduction of New Skills 288
Listening and Note-Taking Strategies 342
Providing Direct Instruction and Opportunities for
Writing Strategies 344
Practice and Review 289
Strategies for Problem Solving in Math 348
How Can You Make Instructional Adjustments for
Students with Special Needs When Teaching Strategies for Managing Time and Resources 352
Subject-Area Content? 296 How Can Students Learn to Use Strategies
Activating Background Knowledge 296 Independently? 354
Organizing Content 300 Self-Instruction 354
Back to the Cases 384 How Can You Help Students Manage Their Own
Behavior? 419
Summary 385
Cognitive Behavior Management Strategies 419
APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING PRACTICE Making Adjustments
When Evaluating Students with Special Needs 385 Teaching Cognitive Behavior Management Strategies 420
Final Thoughts About Including Students with Special
Needs and the INCLUDE Strategy 421
CHAPTER 12 WRAPPING IT UP 421
CHAPTER 6 • Warning Signs That Students May Have • Teaching Students with Autism
Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities Vision or Hearing Loss, 195 Spectrum Disorders, 186
• What to Do When a Student Has a • Teaching Students with Traumatic Brain
Seizure, 205 Injury (TBI), 208
CHAPTER 8 • Section 504 Accommodations, 248 • Strategies for Teaching Students with
Students with Special Needs Other Than • Gifted Underachievers, 262 ADHD, 257
Disabilities • Levels of Language Proficiency, 268 • English Learners and Reading, 266
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Using Story Grammars, 124 Using High-Stakes Computer- Communicating Collecting and Using
Based Testing with Students with Effectively with Parents, Assessment Information, 135
Disabilities, 118 111
Including Students Who • Teaching Skills to Students with Questions to Ask When Planning for Students with
Are Deaf or Hard of Autism Through Video Modeling, Working with Students Low-Incidence Disabilities,
Hearing, 201 188 with Low-Incidence 211
• Augmentative and Alternative Disabilities, 183
Communication, 194
• Assistive Technology for Students
with Visual Impairments, 198
• Assistive Technology for Students
Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing,
202
• Identifying Students with Using Assistive Technology (AT) in Using the Include Strategy
Learning Disabilities Reading, 225 with Students with High-
Using RtI, 221 Incidence Disabilities, 240
• A Social Skills Training
Session, 239
Meeting the Needs of a Apps to Facilitate Student Creating a School Diversity in a High School
Twice-Exceptional Student, Learning, 251 Environment for Class, 278
261 Collaborating with
Parents, 269
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CHAPTER 10 • Developing Your Own Learning A Model High School RtI Program, 333
Strategies for Independent Learning Strategies, 331
• The Key-Word Strategy for Solving
Math Word Problems: Is There a Better
Way?, 351
CHAPTER 11 • Adjustments in Test Construction for Testing English Learners in Math Problem
Evaluating Student Learning Students with Disabilities, 364 Solving, 365
• Teaching Test-Taking Strategies for
Objective Tests, 366
• Using Grading Rubrics with
Students, 369
• The Legalities of Grading Students with
Disabilities, 378
CHAPTER 12 • Preventing School Violence, 389 Cooperative Learning in Action, 397
Responding to Student Behavior • Response to Intervention, Multi-Tiered
Systems of Support, and Positive
Behavior Supports, 390
• Strategies for Managing Students’
Surface Behaviors, 401
• Bullying: The Problem and Some
Interventions, 406
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• Intervening to Promote Help on the Web for Responding to When Differences of Developing Strategies for
Positive Social Student Behavior, 414 Opinion Occur, 411 Responding to Individual
Interactions, 393 Student Behavior, 422
• Supporting a Student with
Autism Using Functional
Behavior Assessment,
405
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