This innovative and compelling introduction to creating differentiated learning environments uses engaging case studies throughout to highlight the diverse categories of exceptional students and frame a systemized method of identifying and defining their specialized needs. A textbook that makes special education come to life, Special Education in Canada equips teacher-candidates with the tools they need to help students reach their full potential.

Alan L. Edmunds' profile page

Gail A. Edmunds' profile page

Alan L. Edmunds, Ph.D. (Alberta), is associate professor of special education and educational psychology at the Faculty of Education at Western University. While his current research interests include behaviour and classroom management, learning disabilities, and highly precocious child writers, his longstanding dedication has always been to the betterment of educational practices for teachers of all students. For more than twenty-five years he has examined the educational factors that make significant differences in the lives of students with exceptionalities and in the lives of their teachers and parents. These critical factors are fundamental elements in his pre-service and graduate courses in educational psychology, special education, learning disabilities, giftedness, and cognition and learning. Alan's commitment to exemplary instruction has garnered several university teaching awards, and his research has produced numerous articles and books. He is currently completing a multi-authored text entitled Educational Foundations in Canada.

Gail A. Edmunds, M.Ed., studied psychology at the University of New Brunswick and educational psychology at the University of Alberta and subsequently began a career as an education/research consultant. She has over twenty years of experience working on projects with schools, colleges, universities, governments, and non-profit organizations across the country. Most recently, she has been writing and editing books on various topics within the field of education as well as managing a project on behaviour and classroom management in Ontario schools. Gail has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in the areas of student writing skills, deaf education, family math, and gifted education.

"This is a text that is so readable that my students actually enjoy reading their chapters. The information is factually appropriate and presented in a way that leads students through the material and makes it memorable." -Eva Gabriele van der Giessen, Laurentian University