Carol Aubrey The book restored this writer's fast fading faith in the field of special education as an area of serious scholarship with its own rigorous, research activity... There is no way a short review can do justice to the range and depth of material covered in this book... This book deserves the attention of all policy makers, administrators and educators. It has much which is relevant to us all. Special Children Brian Bigelow, Laurential University, Canada This book should be required reading in graduate courses in special education and in sociology and educational psychology precisely because it is such a timely encapsulation of the fiscal and ecological crisis we find ourselves in servicing students with special needs of all kinds.

• Contents: Learners at the Margins. Introduction. Individualized planning (R.L. Allington, A. McGill-Franzen). Early education for disabled and at-risk children (R.R. Fewell). Elementary-school programs (R.E. O'Connor). Secondary educational programs and transition perspectives (P.D. Kohler, F.R. Rusch). Gifted and talented students (S.M. Reis, J.S. Renzulli). Educational Resilience (M.C. Wang, G.D. Haertel). Distinct Disabilities. Introduction. Learners with visual impairment and blindness (J. Dote-Kwan, D. Chen). Learners who are deaf or hard of hearing (J.E. Fischgrund). Learners with emotional or behavioral difficulties (R.L. Peterson). Learners with severe intellectual disabilities (D.M. Browder, K. Cooper, L. Lim). Learners with language impairments (K. Butler). Support Systems. Introduction. Funding (M.C. Reynolds). Parents and advocacy systems (E. Pell). Teacher education (P.T. Sindelar, K.L. Kilgore). School community linkages (A.G. Zetlin, W.L. Boyd).

Carol Aubrey The book restored this writer's fast fading faith in the field of special education as an area of serious scholarship with its own rigorous, research activity... There is no way a short review can do justice to the range and depth of material covered in this book... This book deserves the attention of all policy makers, administrators and educators. It has much which is relevant to us all. Special Children Brian Bigelow, Laurential University, Canada This book should be required reading in graduate courses in special education and in sociology and educational psychology precisely because it is such a timely encapsulation of the fiscal and ecological crisis we find ourselves in servicing students with special needs of all kinds.

• Contents: Learners at the Margins. Introduction. Individualized planning (R.L. Allington, A. McGill-Franzen). Early education for disabled and at-risk children (R.R. Fewell). Elementary-school programs (R.E. O'Connor). Secondary educational programs and transition perspectives (P.D. Kohler, F.R. Rusch). Gifted and talented students (S.M. Reis, J.S. Renzulli). Educational Resilience (M.C. Wang, G.D. Haertel). Distinct Disabilities. Introduction. Learners with visual impairment and blindness (J. Dote-Kwan, D. Chen). Learners who are deaf or hard of hearing (J.E. Fischgrund). Learners with emotional or behavioral difficulties (R.L. Peterson). Learners with severe intellectual disabilities (D.M. Browder, K. Cooper, L. Lim). Learners with language impairments (K. Butler). Support Systems. Introduction. Funding (M.C. Reynolds). Parents and advocacy systems (E. Pell). Teacher education (P.T. Sindelar, K.L. Kilgore). School community linkages (A.G. Zetlin, W.L. Boyd).