Cecil R. Reynolds & Kimberly J. Vannest 
Encyclopedia of Special Education, Volume 4 
A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals

The only comprehensive reference devoted to special
education

The highly acclaimed Encyclopedia of Special
Education addresses issues of importance ranging from
theory to practice and is a critical reference for researchers as
well as those working in the special education field. This
completely updated and comprehensive A-Z reference includes about
200 new entries, with increased attention given to those topics
that have grown in importance since the publication of the third
edition, such as technology, service delivery policies,
international issues, neuropsychology, and RTI. The latest editions
of assessment instruments frequently administered in special
education settings are discussed.

* Only encyclopedia or comprehensive reference devoted to special
education

* Edited and written by leading researchers and scholars in the
field

* New edition includes over 200 more entries than previous
edition, with increased attention given to those topics that have
grown in importance since the publication of the third
edition–such as technology, service delivery policies,
international issues, neuropsychology, and Response to
Intervention, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS), Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis

* Entries will be updated to cover the latest editions of the
assessment instruments frequently administered in special education
settings

* Includes an international list of authors and descriptions of
special education in 35 countries

* Includes technology and legal updates to reflect a rapidly
changing environment

Comprehensive and thoroughly up to date, this is the essential, A-Z
compilation of authoritative information on the education of those
with special needs.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Editorial Staff, xxi

Contributors, xxiii

Preface to the Fourth Edition, xlv

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ENTRIES

A – Z 1 – 2832

Sobre o autor

Cecil R. Reynolds, Ph D, is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, Professor of Neuroscience, and a Distinguished Research Scholar at Texas A&M University. He is the author or editor of more than three hundred books and articles, including the Handbook of School Psychology. He has also developed a number of psychological assessment instruments, including the RIAS (published by PAR) and the BASC (published by Pearson Clinical Assessments).

Kimberly J. Vannest, Ph D, is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, a Regents Fellow, and Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Scholar and a Yates fellow at Texas A&M University. She has written or developed more than 80 scholarly products on intervention, progress monitoring, and single case design including peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapter publications, software, free statistical calculators, and manuals. She has received the numerous awards for her research, teaching, and service.

Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Ed.D., ABPd N, is Professor of School Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and has been a school psychologist in the public schools and neuropsychiatric inpatient settings for the past twenty-nine years. She has coedited and authored more than fifteen books and reference works.