Maya Israel & Margaret L. Kamman 
A Survival Guide for New Special Educators 

What every special education teacher needs to know to survive
and thrive

A Survival Guide for New
Special Educators provides relevant, practical
information for new special education teachers across a broad range
of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educator
effectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resource
addresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resource
teachers, and inclusion specialists.

* Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies for working
with a variety of special needs students

* Covers everything from preparing for the new school year to
behavior management, customizing curriculum, creating effective
IEPs, and more

* Billingsley and Brownell are noted experts in special educator
training and support

This highly practical book is filled with checklists, forms, and
tools that special educators can use every day to help ensure that
all special needs students get the rich, rewarding education they
deserve.

Om författaren

BONNIE S. BILLINGSLEY, Ed.D., is a professor in Teaching and Learning at Virginia Tech.

MARY T. BROWNELL, Ph.D., is a professor of Special Education and director of the CEEDAR Center at the University of Florida.

MAYA ISRAEL, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Special Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

MARGARET L. KAMMAN, Ph.D., is assistant scholar and project coordinator for the CEEDAR Center at the University of Florida.