The Bilingual Special Education Interface

1. Background and Rationale for Bilingual Special Education. 2. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. 3. The Education of Children with Exceptional Needs. 4. Bilingual Special Education: A Judicial Perspective. 5. Development of the Bilingual Special Education Interface. 6. Language Acquisition and the Bilingual Exceptional Child. 7. Issues and Theoretical Considerations in the Assessment of Bilingual Children. 8. Procedures and Techniques for Assessing the Bilingual Exceptional Child. 9. Developing Individualized Education Programs for Exceptional Language Minority Students. 10. Developing Instructional Plans and Curriculum For Bilingual Special Education Students. 11. Methods and Materials for Bilingual Special Education. 12. Including Bilingual Exceptional Children in the General Education Classroom. 13. How Educational Consultation Can Enhance Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional (CLDE) Students. 14. Family Involvement in Bilingual Special Education: Challenging the Norm. 15. Issues in Policy Development and Implementation.