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Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education
Assessment, 243-291 , 305-306 , 312-313 , 363-364 .
See also Alternative approaches to assessment context, culture, and assessment, 279-291
cross-cultural psychological research on cognitive and intellectual ability, 280-282
disability assessment practices, 270-271
of emotional disturbance, 261-270
functional, and IEP relevance, 218
of gifted and talented, 271-278
of mental retardation, 251-261
psychometric views of culture and context, 282-291
research on test bias, 282-291
of specific learning disabilities, 243-251
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 59
Auditory Discrimination in Depth (ADD) program, 333-334
Authentic questions, 183
Autism, 60
B ehavior, school social, cultural, and contextual issues influencing, 371-372
Behavior disorder (BD), 324 , 327-328 , 336-337 , 340
perspectives on, 262-264
Behavior management, 367-369
recommendations, 316-318
teacher quality, 318
Behavior problem profiles, 109
Behavioral adjustment, universal assessment and multiple gating, 298
Behavioral development. See Cognitive and behavioral development
Behavioral deviance, and reading skills, 201
Behavioral dimensions defining MR, 253-259
adaptive behavior, 257-259
comparison of classification as MR, LD, and ineligible using FSIQ and PIQ to estimate aptitude by ethnic group, 257
intellectual, 253-257
proportion of the population falling below certain IQ cutoffs and falling within certain IQ intervals, 254
“Behavioral earthquakes,” 229
Behavioral interventions in general education, 202-203
bullying prevention program, 202-203
through PATHS, 203
Benefits from special education intervention, 323-340
current classroom practice, 337-338
dropout rate among students with disability label by age, 341
evidence of effectiveness, 329-333
features of effective interventions, 324-328
minority students in special education, 338-340
number with disability label dropping out by age, 341
numbers of children who appear to benefit, 333-337
A Better Chance program, 351
Bias in referral and assessment, in terms of race or ethnicity, 5
Bias in the design and delivery of schooling, 181-188
cultural differences, 182-185
role of parents, 185-188
teacher judgments, expectations, and potential self-fulfilling prophecies, 181-182
Biological contributors to cognition and behavior, 97-117
contributors to early brain development, 98
exposure to alcohol during pregnancy, 102-104
exposure to lead, 111-117
Infant Health and Development Program, 103
low birthweight, 98-102
nutrition and development, 106-111
tobacco use and drug abuse, 104-106
Biological risk factors in early childhood, 11-13 , 375-378
federal-level recommendations, 12-13
Biosocial developmental contextualism, 95
Biracial children, 38
Black students
“acting white,” 185
in the category of emotional disturbance, 69 , 88
in the category of gifted and talented, 71 , 89
in the category of learning disabilities, 68 , 87
in the category of mental retardation, 66 , 86