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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Encyclopedia of special education: a reference for the education of children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and other exceptional individuals / edited by Cecil R. Reynolds, Kimberly J. Vannest, and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen.—Fourth edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-470-64216-0 (set); ISBN 978-0-470-94938-2 (v. 1); ISBN 978-0-470-94939-9 (v. 2); ISBN 978-0-470-94940-5 (v. 3); ISBN 978-0-470-94941-2 (v. 4); 978-1-118-62830-0 (ebk.); 978-1-118-62845-4 (ebk.); 978-1-118-66058-4 (ebk.).

1. Children with disabilities—Education—United States—Encyclopedias. 2. Special education—United States—Encyclopedias. 3. People with disabilities—Education—United States—Encyclopedias. I. Reynolds, Cecil R., 1952– editor of compilation. II. Vannest, Kimberly J., 1967– ; editor of compilation. III. Fletcher-Janzen, Elaine, editor of compilation.

LC4007.E53 2013

371.903—dc23

2012048628