Educating exceptional children : an introduction to special education / S. K. Mangal

Intended as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses (B.Ed./M.Ed.; B.A./M.A. Education) and diploma level courses in Education as well as for courses in Special Education, this compre-hensive and accessible book provides a sound base for understanding Special Children through an insightful and incisive discussion on Special Education. The text dwells on exceptional children, or children with special needs, who either suffer from various deficits or disabilities, or are gifted. Such children include the mentally retarded, the visually and hearing impaired, the emotionally disturbed, those with autism, cerebral palsy, and the deprived, as well as the gifted and the creative. This well-organized and pedagogically rich text should be extremely useful to students as well as professionals—special education teachers, those engaged in guidance and counselling, educational policy makers, and field workers, who have an abiding interest in the education of exceptional children and in special education.

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Table of Contents:---
Preface
CHAPTER 1 Concept of Exceptionality and Exceptional Children
CHAPTER 2 Concept and Provisions of Special Education
CHAPTER 3 Historical Perspectives in Special Education
CHAPTER 4 Organization and Administration of Special Education
in India
CHAPTER 5 Mentally Retarded Children
CHAPTER 6 Orthopaedic Impaired Children
CHAPTER 7 Visually Impaired Children
CHAPTER 8 Hearing Impaired Children
CHAPTER 9 Learning Disabilities and Learning Disabled Children
CHAPTER 10 Emotionally Disturbed Children
CHAPTER 11 Children with Communication Disorders
CHAPTER 12 Children with Autism
CHAPTER 13 Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
CHAPTER 14 Children with Cerebral Palsy
CHAPTER 15 Children with Multiple Disabilities
CHAPTER 16 Deprivation and Deprived Children
CHAPTER 17 Slow Learners or Educationally Backward Children
CHAPTER 18 Juvenile Delinquents
CHAPTER 19 Gifted Children
CHAPTER 20 Creative Children
Glossary • Name Index • Subject Index