Multiple Intelligences

Syracuse University Inclusion Imperative Conference Presentation Using Multiple Intelligences Theory Approaches for Teaching Students with Special Needs

• Syracuse Presentation Contributions 4/22/06

Kornhaber, M.L., Fierros, E.G., & Veenema, S. (2004). Multiple Intelligences: Best Ideas from Research and Practice. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon Publishers.

Fierros, E.G. (2004). How Multiple Intelligences Theory Can Guide Teachers’ Practices: Ensuring Success for Students with Disabilities. On Point Series - National Institute for Urban School Improvement. Washington, DC: Office for Special Education Programs. (20 pages).

Minority Special Education Placement: 

1) Fierros, E.G. (2006). “One Size Does Not Fit All: A Response to Institutionalizing Inequity” Disabilities Studies Quarterly, 26. (2). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

2) Fierros, E.G. (2006). “Special Education Restrictiveness and Placement Patterns for Latinas(os).” in Diaz Soto, Eds. Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing Co.

3) Fierros, E.G. & Blomberg, N. (2005). “Restrictiveness and Race in Special Education Placements in For-Profit and Non-Profit Charter Schools in California” Learning Disabilities Contemporary Journal 3 (1) 1-16. Weston, MA: Learning Disabilities Worldwide.

4) In Racial Inequality in Special Education “Double Jeopardy: An Exploration of Race in Special Education,  I and my co-author Jim Conroy, Center for Outcome Studies looked at the overrepresentation of minorities in restricted special education placements.  The edited volume was published in September 2002. 

5) I serve on a Minority Special Education Committee housed at the Harvard University Law School Civil Rights Project that meets on a quarterly basis to discuss and suggest policy for the U.S. Department of Education, Congress, and the academic community.  Many of our policy suggestions have made meaningful contributions to the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).