Teaching Exceptional Children is a journal that explores practical methods for teaching students who have exceptionalities and those who are gifted and talented. Since it was founded in 1956, it is published six times a year. The journal is published by the Council for Exceptional Children.Subjects for Teaching Exceptional Children include education. The editors are Alec Peck and Stan Scarpati.
This issues' theme, Academic Success for All Learners: Understanding Individual Differences draws our attention to the foundation of special education and working with exceptional children. Any analysis of our history, litigation, laws and practices...
* Can students with significant cognitive disabilities make progress on individualized goals within the context of a general curriculum that is designed around a common set of standards for all students?* Are accessing the general curriculum and using...
As class starts. Shelby raises her hand and says to her teacher, "Ms. Johnson, I have a problem that I need help solving." Ms. Johnson: "Would you like to share it with the class, or do you want to work this out with me later?" Shelby: "Ahhh, I can share...
Teachers who work with students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) know that their job is often challenging. High levels of stress and burnout are common among these teachers. Therapeutic teachers, however, are able to meet these challenges,...
Carol Dinsdale combines innovation, high standards, technology, and proven educational techniques to achieve her goal-to get her second and third grade students with emotional disturbances OUT of her class and into general education classes!She facilitates...
Can you imagine a life without friendships? Much of our happiness depends on having friends (Myers & Diener, 1995). Friendships are important during all stages of our life, but are particularly important for students during the middle school years...
In early reading instruction, most of the focus is placed on narrative text. Narrative text is used to teach children to read, and, as they become readers, it is used to teach children comprehension skills. However, the same attention is not given to...
Most educators would agree that parent involvement is a critically important factor in determining student success. In fact, various landmark pieces of legislation attempt to put parent involvement in the forefront of best educational practice. For example,...
As part of her efforts to teach her students how to interact with, understand, and accept others, Ms. Miller decided to teach her students about individual differences related to disabilities. Knowing that her students enjoyed using technology, Ms. Miller...
* How can we reach students with diverse needs?* How do we help students who have disabilities or are English Language Learners?The answer came to us indirectly, but our results have been very encouraging.Notes From a TeacherI teach sixth grade in the...
This new Legal Perspectives feature of TEC will primarily take a Q-and-A form so that we may readily address questions from the TEC readers. Please submit your questions to legalperspectivce@cec.sped.org, and we'll do our best to answer them promptly...