Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-285) and indexes.

"The Positive Side of Special Education: Minimizing Its Fads, Fancies, and Follies presents special education practices that have had significant impact but lacked scientific validation because they were initiated more for ideological rather than practical reasons. Yet when scientific standards of evidence are applied, these practices are found to verge on being fraudulent, worthless, even harmful. Although these practices were initiated with good intentions, a logical and rational approach reveals them to be highly questionable. The book describes many such questionable practices, which undermine the integrity of special education, and demonstrates how they can be prevented by educators adopting a more scientific attitude." "Kavale and Mostert cover past and present intervention activities and describe the scientific method and how to apply it to special education, the influence of ideology, special education practice, and the notions of "fallible judgment" and pseudoscience. The Positive Side of Special Education is a must-read for special education professionals, special education undergraduates and graduate students, psychologists, and parents and teachers of students with disabilities."--Jacket.

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