This insightful introduction to teaching students with exceptionalities uses real-life case studies to illustrate the educational realities faced by students with special needs, as well as their teachers and families. Compelling and inspirational, Special Education in Canada will help teachers understand diverse learning requirements in their classrooms and encourage students with exceptionalities to reach their full potential.

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Alan Edmunds is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario. For 20 years, Dr. Edmunds has worked as a special education teacher, a school psychologist, a private educational consultant, and as a faculty member at four different Canadian universities. His interests have always been in providing optimum learning environments for all individuals with exceptional learning needs, including adults and those who are highly gifted. He has taught educational psychology and special education at the undergraduate level and specialty courses in learning disabilities, giftedness, and cognition and learning. In his spare time he coaches the UWO Women's Golf Team.

The late Gail Edmunds was a Research Coordinator at the Centre for Inclusive Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario. In recent years, Gail had been the research officer for the Esso Family Math Project and also worked with Alan Edmunds on his research. She was also a freelance writer/editor.

"I find this book to be superior to other textbooks that I've come across on this topic. The case studies and focus on recent research are what set it apart from other books. So many of the books I have considered for my courses describe only the general features of the categories without acknowledging individual differences. By using a case study approach, Special Education in Canada reinforces the idea that teachers need to get to know each and every one of their students in order to support them effectively. My students love reading the case studies - they find them to be fascinating and very helpful for understanding how a special need might express itself in a particular individual." --Elina Birmingham, Simon Fraser University

"This book is head and shoulders above other texts in that it is case study based and very readable. The case studies make the exceptionalities come to life for my students." --Gaby van der Giessen, Laurentian University