Special Education Issues. Native American Rehabilitation: A Bibliographic Series, No. 3.

Overview & Synopsis

One in a series of seven bibliographies dealing with rehabilitation of disabled Native Americans, this document focuses on special education issues. The 80 annotated entries were identified through a comprehensive search of relevant data bases covering the years 1966-1986 and were selected to be of use to consumers, policy makers, direct service providers, researchers, advocates, and parents. Each entry includes complete bibliographic information and an annotation of approximately 154 words. Entries all relate to Native Americans and deal with a wide variety of special education issues ranging from federal policies to exemplary practices for the classroom. Topics include teacher training, program evaluation, special education guidelines, Bureau of Indian Affairs involvement in special education programs, materials and activities for special education classrooms, cross-cultural awareness, services for preschool handicapped children, learning English as a second language, bilingual education for exceptional children, mental retardation, student assessment, language development, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, parent and community awareness of special education programs, and gifted minority students. (JHZ)