Advice for students taking distance education courses includes knowing the technology; finding ways to communicate with the instructor; showing initiative; being courteous; and being familiar with the policies on attendance, absences, technology failures, written products, and evaluation. (Contains 15 references.) (TD)

This textbook emphasizes practical guidelines and approaches that work with special students mainstreamed into regular classrooms. The background of the mainstream and inclusion movements and labeling practices is considered, along with specific exceptionalities and methods effective in teaching children who have learning disabilities, mental…