Developing Effective Special Educators: Building Bridges Across the Profession

How can novice special education teachers improve their practice and grow as professionals? How can veteran teachers remain connected to their profession and share their knowledge and skill? In this readable, research-based guide, the authors outline a program of collaboration to enable novice teachers to gain insight from their more experienced colleagues. The book argues that “epistemic empathy” is a core attribute to develop in practitioners at all levels of experience in order to apply ...