Using Technology to Enhance Special Education

Jeffrey P. Bakken, Festus E. Obiakor, Jeffrey P. Bakken, Festus E. Obiakor

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781802626520
• eBook ISBN: 9781802626537
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Using Technology to Enhance Special Education, Volume 37 of Advances in Special Education, is a logically, thoughtfully organized, and well-sequenced text. It focuses on how general and special educators can use technology to work with children and youth with disabilities.

This cutting-edge book involves researchers, scholars, educators, and leaders who are knowledge producers in the field. It is written to respond to today's changing world where technology has become a very powerful force. As it stands, the world is getting smaller and smaller; and what is happening in a location quickly becomes known everywhere. For example, during the tense periods of the global COVID pandemic, technology became the livewire of our world. This book begins with an introduction to technology and students with disabilities; and the remaining chapters focus on the role of technology in the education of students with learning disabilities, emotional and/or behavioral disorders, and intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, physical and health impairments, hearing impairments/deafness, visual impairments, and traumatic brain injuries.

In addition, some chapters focus on the role of technology in achieving equitable and inclusive education, building culturally and linguistically responsive general and special education, and creatively using digital comics to improve written narratives. In the end, this book concludes with a chapter that forward looking ways to infuse technology in special education. We feel that this volume is an excellent resource for special education researchers, scholars, practitioners, and professionals who teach and serve students with disabilities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Advances In Special Education
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About The Editors
• About The Contributors
• Preface
• Using Technology to Enhance Special Education: An Introduction
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students With aLearning Disabilities
• Research on Using Technology for Students With Emotional and/ or Behavioral Disorders: Cruel Optimism or Meaningful Progress?
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students With Intellectual Disabilities
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students With Visual Impairments
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students With Extensive Support Needs
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Using Digital Comic Creation to Improve Adolescents’ Written Narratives
• Technology as a Bridge to Co-create Inclusive and Equitable Learning Environments for Students with Intersectional Identities
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning for Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
• Using Technology to Enhance Learning in Special Education: Moving Forward
• Index