Special Needs Education: A Handbook for Student Teachers

This handbook is a requirement for all student as well as practising teachers in special needs education. In the handbook, we present issues to do with all forms disabilities that may hamper the child s learning. We take cognisance of the fact that disability is not inability hence our thrust is to present to the student teacher and the practising teacher means and ways of dealing with special cases in physical, mental, hearing, visual and communication. Each of the chapters presented herein tackles an individual type of disability and presents the possible causes, symptoms and possible remedies for some of the challenges posed by the disabilities. Since the thrust of most education systems is on the inclusion of the children with challenges into the mainstream education, we trust the that even the general teacher practioner will find this book very helpful.