{"id":314,"date":"2020-01-06T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/?p=314"},"modified":"2020-01-07T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:47:41","slug":"what-is-so-special-about-special-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2020\/01\/06\/what-is-so-special-about-special-education\/","title":{"rendered":"What is so Special About Special Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing a thorough examination of the basic concepts of special education, a discussion of specific exceptionalities, and constructive responses to common criticisms of special education. Whether you\u2019re a teacher, school administrator, teacher-educator, or simply interested in the topic, you will learn just what special education is, who gets it or who should get it, and why it is necessary. The second edition of this brief yet powerful primer will help you build the foundation of a realistic, rational view of the basic assumptions and knowledge on which special education rests. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-315\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-368x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-368x490.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_4005-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providing a thorough examination of the basic concepts of special education, a discussion of specific exceptionalities, and constructive responses to common criticisms of special education. Whether you\u2019re a teacher, school administrator, teacher-educator, or simply interested in the topic, you will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2020\/01\/06\/what-is-so-special-about-special-education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15300,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56736],"tags":[203077],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cehs","tag-special-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}