Dr. Deborah Deutsch Smith

Welcome to the Companion Website for Introduction to Special Education: Making a Difference, Sixth edition.

With chapter-by-chapter resources this website is a valuable resource to help you learn more about special education. With this Companion Website, you can:

Extend your Learning - there are many activities that ask you to apply what you have learnt in each chapter. In addition, dozens of specially selected eConnection weblinks will help you as you prepare class projects and assignments.

Study for Tests - Practice Test questions allow you to assess your understanding of each chapter by answering multiple-choice, true/false and essay questions. Flashcards and Crossword Puzzles provide a fun method of studying.

Learn more about the history of special education - the website also features an interactive Special Education Timeline that highlights the people and events that have shaped special education throughout history.

Research and review New York Times articles - the eThemes of the Times section of the website features over 25 specially selected articles from the New York Times archives on special education topics.

Select a chapter from the navigation bar above to get started.

Website prepared by Bob Steinkamp, Lansing Community College, and Nancy Sileo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

IRIS is the nation's only faculty enhancement center established to ensure that general education teachers are well prepared to work with students who have disabilities and with their families. Check out the great resources on the IRIS website!