For student teaching courses in special education and as a supplement in a methods course covering mild disabilities. It also works well for special ed capstone courses.

The fourth edition of Student Teacher to Master Teacher: A Practical Guide for Educating Students with Special Needs, confronts the challenges special education teachers are facing in becoming reflective, certified professionals.  This text prepares future educators, practicing teachers, and alternative certification professionals with the demands educators will experience in special education and inclusive classrooms.  Providing realistic and rigorous field experiences balanced with research-based content and activities, this text “bridges the gap” between methods, student teaching and being an effective and successful special education teacher.