Creating Successful Learning Environments for African American Learners With Exceptionalities

Foreword - Geneva Gay Preface About the Editors About the Contributors Part I: Foundations of Educational Change 1. School Accountability and Reform: Implications and African Americans With Exceptionalities - Festus E. Obiakor and Bridgie Alexis Ford 2. Legal Foundations of Special Education for African American Learners - Elizabeth A. Dooley and Katherine L. Dooley 3. Functionalizing Assessment for African American Learners in General and Special Education Programs - Cheryl A. Utley 4. Categorization: Impact on African American Learners With Exceptionalities - Angela Stephens McIntosh Part II: Managing Learning Environments 5. Instructional Strategies for African American Learners With Cognitive Disabilities - Helen Bessant Byrd 6. Working With African American Students With Specific Learning Disabilities - Patrick A. Grant and Pauline B. Grant 7. Interventions for African American Learners With Behavioral Problems - Cathy Kea, Gwendolyn Cartledge, and Lisa J. Bowman 8. Maximizing the Learning Potential of African American Learners With Gifts and Talents - Vera I. Daniels 9. Communication Skills of African American Learners With Disabilities - Martha Scott Lue, Cheryl Evans Green, and Shelia Yvette Smalley 10. Developing Self-Empowerment in African American Learners With Special Problems - Festus E. Obiakor Part III: Complementing the School Environment 11. Service Delivery for African American Young Children With Special Needs - Regina Enwefa and Stephen Enwefa 12. African American Families: Equal Partners in General and Special Education - Loretta P. Prater 13. African American Community Resources: Essential Educational Enhancers for African American Children and Youth - Bridgie Alexis Ford 14. Transitioning African American High School Students With Disabilities - Bertina H. Combes and Beth A. Durodoye 15. Teacher-Preparation for African American Exceptional Learners: A Cultural-Historical Approach - Stanley C. Trent 16. Culturally Responsive Leadership for African Americans With Exceptionalities - Darrell L. Williams, Christlyn Frederick-Stanley, and Adell Fair 17. Summary of Comments: Race, Class, Gender, and Exceptionality of African American Learners - Edgar G. Epps Index