Description
Collaborative approaches to special education that seek to provide innovative, creative, and novel ways to disrupt current structures and practices are necessary to move the field towards a more inclusive model for educating students with disabilities. Multiple professionals are involved in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized education programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities, extending the pool of stakeholders in special education far beyond the special education teacher. Achieving a strong understanding between the multiple professions involved in IEP development and implementation will improve data-based individualization, the fidelity of program implementation, and the sustainability of practices and services.
The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Preparation for Equitable Special Education explores and highlights interdisciplinary personnel preparation to advance special education and enhance outcomes for students with disabilities. This book also provides theories and frameworks, examples, and discussions around innovations and lessons learned from interdisciplinary preparation programs and practices. Covering key topics such as educator preparation models, equity, diverse students, and educator competencies, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, principals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Dena Slanda (Ed.)
Dena D. Slanda, Ph.D., is a Research Associate in the College of Community Innovation and Education and serves as the Education Doctoral Program (Ed.D.) Advisor in Exceptional Student Education at the University of Central Florida. She is currently a Co-Principal Investigator or Project Coordinator for federal grants in excess of $7.25 million for research and personnel/leadership development. Dr. Slanda is a published author and has conducted numerous presentations at international, national, regional, and state conferences focused on culturally proactive pedagogy and practices, equitable educational opportunities, inclusive practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, teacher and administrator preparation, intensive interventions, and multi-tier systems of support. Additionally, her research is focused on the intersection of race and disability with particular attention to disproportionality of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education.(ec438340-f1aa-4a23-af39-823b4d4c1e0e)
Lindsey Pike (Ed.)
Lindsey Pike, M.S.W., is a Doctoral Candidate in the Exceptional Education Track of the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. She currently serves as a researcher on a federally funded Teacher Quality Partnerships preparation grant project and teaches special education courses to undergraduate education majors. Ms. Pike is a published author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has presented at numerous international, national, and state conferences. Her research and scholarship centers on teacher preparation, equitable and inclusive practices, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Ms. Pike's work has a particular focus on the intersectionality of disability and other identity markers in education, the disproportionality of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education, and social justice dispositions in teacher education.(52d550f9-46c3-4d81-a60c-52dfe1bb4de0)