Festus E. Obiakor

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Bachelors Special Education University of Nigeria

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Multicultural Issues in Autism (2004) (319)
Making Inclusion Work in General Education Classrooms (2012) (151)
Teacher Expectations of Minority Exceptional Learners: Impact on “Accuracy” of Self Concepts (1999) (105)
It Even Happens in "Good" Schools: Responding to Cultural Diversity in Today′s Classrooms (2001) (88)
Multicultural Perspectives on Teaching Students With Autism (2004) (68)
Building Patriotic African Leadership Through African-Centered Education (2004) (52)
Creating Successful Learning Environments for African American Learners with Exceptionalities. (2002) (47)
Special Education, Multicultural Education, and School Reform: Components of Quality Education for Learners With Mild Disabilities (2000) (47)
Multicultural Special Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching (2006) (45)
Rethinking Preservice Preparation for Teachers in the Learning Disabilities Field: Workable Multicultural Strategies. (1997) (44)
African Immigrant Families in the United States: Surviving the Sociocultural Tide (2007) (43)
Culturally Responsive Practices for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Learning Disabilities. (2011) (37)
Multicultural Special Education (2006) (37)
Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Supports: Considerations for Practice (2015) (36)
Educating Culturally Diverse Learners with Exceptionalities: A Critical Analysis of the Brown Case (2004) (34)
Urban Education for the 21st Century: Research, Issues, And Perspectives (2005) (34)
Transition Planning For Students With Disabilities: What Educators and Service Providers Can Do (2008) (34)
General and Special Educators' Perceptions of Teaching Strategies for Multicultural Students (2000) (34)
The self-concepts of visually impaired and normally sighted middle school children. (1990) (32)
Self-Concept of African-American Students: An Operational Model for Special Education (1992) (30)
Addressing the Issue of Disproportionate Representation: Identification and Assessment of Culturally Diverse Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders. Fourth CCBD Mini-Library Series: Addressing the Diverse Needs of Children and Youth with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders--Programs that Work. (2002) (28)
Support and Importance of Character Education: Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions. (2013) (28)
Effective Education for Learners with Exceptionalities (2002) (27)
Developing Emotional Intelligence in Learners with Behavioral Problems: Refocusing Special Education (2001) (26)
Special education reform in Nigeria: prospects and challenges (1998) (26)
Disruption, Disaster, and Death: Helping Students Deal With Crises (1997) (25)
History of Special Education (2011) (24)
Using Mentoring to Improve Academic Programming for African American Male Youths with Mild Disabilities. (1997) (24)
Educating All Learners: Refocusing the Comprehensive Support Model. (2002) (24)
Developing Self-Empowerment in African American Students Using the Comprehensive Support Model. (2005) (21)
Urban Education, the General Education Initiative, and Service Delivery to African-American Students (1993) (19)
Special education international perspectives : practices across the globe (2014) (18)
Current Issues and Trends in Special Education: Research, Technology, and Teacher Preparation (2010) (18)
Multicultural Education: Powerful Tool for Preparing Future General and Special Educators (2001) (16)
Autism and Developmental Disabilities: Current Practices and Issues (2008) (15)
Current Issues and Trends in Special Education: Identification, Assessment and Instruction (2010) (15)
Special Education Provision in Nigeria: Analyzing Contexts, Problems, and Prospects. (2011) (15)
Enhancing Self-Concept in Students with Visual Handicaps (1989) (15)
African American Students' Experiences with Special Education in Milwaukee Public Schools (2010) (14)
Special Issue: Research Perspectives on Multi-Tiered System of Support. (2015) (13)
Maximizing Access, Equity, and Inclusion in General and Special Education. (2011) (13)
Research on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations (2001) (12)
The Role of States in Funding Education to Achieve Social Justice. (2008) (12)
The Comprehensive Support Model for Culturally Diverse Exceptional Learners (2002) (11)
Autism: Multicultural perspectives (2001) (11)
Homeless Students in Special Education: Beyond the Myth of Socioeconomic Dissonance. (2003) (10)
General and Special Education Inclusion in an Age of Change: Roles of Professionals Involved (2016) (10)
Empowering African American Exceptional Learners: Vision for the New Millennium. (2001) (10)
Shifting Assessment and Intervention Paradigms for Urban Learners (2001) (9)
General and Special Education Inclusion in an Age of Change: Impact on Students with Disabilities (2016) (8)
Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Fifth CCBD Mini-Library Series: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Children and Youth with E/BD--Evidence-Based Programs and Practices. (2004) (8)
Giftedness as it Relates to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2014) (8)
Embracing New Special Education Strategies for African-American Students (1992) (8)
Culturally responsive literacy instruction. (2009) (8)
Multicultural education: the mismeasured but important phenomenon (2013) (8)
Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2002. (2002) (8)
Demands and Challenges of Being an Educator with a Disability. (1995) (7)
Gifted Education: Current Perspectives and Issues (2014) (7)
Transforming Teaching-Learning To Improve Student Achievement. (2000) (7)
Learning Disabilities: Practice Concerns and Students With LD (2013) (7)
Special Education Policies in Nigeria: Cultural, Socio-Economic and Political Issues. (1990) (7)
Current perspectives in special education administration (2006) (7)
Educational Reform and Accountability: Implications for African Americans with Exceptionalities (2002) (7)
Beyond Narrow Confines: Special Education Leadership for Ethnically Diverse Urban Learners (2006) (6)
Foreign-Born African American Males: Turning Barriers into Opportunities (2000) (6)
Transition from School to Adult Life (2010) (6)
Building Multicultural Transitions for Ethnically Diverse Learners With Disabilities (2006) (6)
Measuring the Cool Tool as a Targeted Intervention to Minimize Teacher Reprimands and Students' On-Task Behaviors in an Urban Elementary School. (2015) (6)
Multiculturalism in the University Curriculum: Infusion for What?. (1994) (6)
Learning Disabilities: Identification, Assessment, and Instruction of Students With Ld (2013) (6)
Special Education Leadership in Urban Schools (2006) (6)
Behavioral Disorders: Practice Concerns and Students With EBD (2012) (5)
Effects of Innovative Programming on Youngsters at Risk. (1997) (5)
Self-Concept: An Operational Model for Educators (1985) (5)
Understanding B.F. Skinner: Building Emotional Competence in Students with Diverse Learning Needs (2013) (5)
100 Multicultural Proverbs: Inspirational Affirmations for Educators (2007) (5)
Addressing Diversity in Special Education Research. ERIC/OSEP Digest. (1997) (5)
Cultural Connections and Disconnections Between Non-Hmong Principals and Hmong Parents (2013) (5)
Perceptions of Competencies for Including Students with Disabilities in Elementary and Secondary School Classrooms. (1995) (5)
Restructuring and Reforming: "Rat Race" for Excellence or Failure?. (1995) (4)
Behavioral Disorders: Identification, Assessment, and Instruction of Students With EBD (2012) (4)
Multicultural learners with exceptionalities in general and special education settings (2003) (4)
The Politics of Higher Education: Perspectives for African Americans in the 21st Century. (1993) (4)
Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects (2014) (4)
Understanding the Power of Words in Multicultural Education (2007) (4)
Restrictiveness and Race in Special Education: Practicalizing the Laws. (2005) (4)
Demographic Changes on Public Education for Culturally Diverse Exceptional Learners: Making Teacher Preparation Programs Accountable (2009) (4)
Interdisciplinary Connections to Special Education: Important Aspects to Consider (2015) (4)
White Voices in Multicultural Psychology, Education, and Leadership : Inside the Walls of America's Higher Education (2014) (4)
Self concept Assessment & intervention (1997) (4)
Retention Models for Minority College Students. (1997) (4)
Cultural, Socio-Economic and Political Influences on Special Education in Nigeria. (1986) (3)
The New Normal: Catfishing in Urban Teacher Preparation Programs (2013) (3)
Playing God in Dealing with Other People’s Sacred Existence (2013) (3)
Educating Young Children with and without Exceptionalities: New Perspectives. Contemporary Perspectives in Special Education. (2019) (3)
Administering Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs (2006) (3)
Rethinking Preservice and Inservice Training Programs for Teachers in the Learning Disabilities Field: Workable Multicultural Models. Special Issue. (1996) (3)
The Politics of Education: Imperatives for African-American Males in the 21st Century. (1994) (3)
Interdisciplinary Connections to Special Education: Key Related Professionals Involved (2015) (3)
Leadership in Education and the "Vision" Thing! (2011) (3)
The myth of socioeconomic dissonance: Working with homeless students in special education contexts (2003) (3)
African American Learners in Special Education: A Closer Look at Milwaukee (2010) (3)
Development of Accurate Self-Concept in Black Children. (1990) (3)
African-American Males Experiencing School Failure: Alternative Self-Concept Model for Special Educators. (1991) (3)
Chapter 15 Historical and contemporary contexts, challenges, and prospects in the education of students with exceptionalities (2011) (3)
Publish and Flourish: A Guide for Writing in Education. (1998) (3)
Chapter 10 Hobson's Choice: Illusory Intervention Choice for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners with Problem Behaviors (2012) (3)
Educating Children with Physical Disabilities (2010) (3)
The Education of African-American Learners with Behavior Disorders: An Unresolved Issue for General and Special Educators. Position Paper. (1994) (3)
"America 2000" Reform Program: Implications for African-American At-Risk Students. (1993) (3)
MULTICULTURAL LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: BEYOND EUROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVES (2005) (3)
The Politics of Higher Education: Perspectives for Minorities in the 21st Century. (1993) (3)
Curriculum innovation to educate students with autism in general education (2008) (3)
Career Counseling for the Minority College Student: The Neglected Reality. (1997) (2)
Chapter 10 Transition: Why it does not work (2010) (2)
Rural Students with Exceptionalities: Refocusing in the New Millennium. (2000) (2)
Using the Comprehensive Support Model to Work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Learning Disabilities. (2011) (2)
Where Are We in Educating African-American Students with Problem Behaviors?. (1995) (2)
School Dropout Prevention (2010) (2)
Special Education Today in Nigeria (2014) (2)
Multicultural Education for Learners with Exceptionalities. Advances in Special Education Series, Volume 12. (1999) (2)
Empowering Culturally Diverse Exceptional Learners in the 21st Century: Imperatives for U.S. Educators. (1999) (2)
At-Risk Youngsters: Methods That Work. (1992) (2)
Preparing Teachers for Urban Students Who Have Been Labeled as Having Special Needs (2013) (2)
Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners With Disabilities (2018) (2)
Children and youth at risk: from understanding to intervention. (2012) (2)
Transforming Teaching and Learning To Improve Minority Student Achievement in Inclusive Settings. (2001) (2)
Multiculturalism in Higher Education: A Myth or Reality?. (1992) (2)
Scientific and Methodological Concerns in Research: Perspectives for Multicultural Learners. (1995) (2)
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Labeled as having Learning Disabilities (2013) (2)
Ethnic minority scholars writing for professional publication: From myth to reality. (1997) (2)
Analysis and Opinion: Building Paradigms for the Change of Special Education in Nigeria. (2012) (2)
Challenging the "Good" School Myth to Work With Multicultural Exceptional Learners (2007) (2)
The Myth of Socio-Economic Dissonance: Implications for African-American Exceptional Students. (1992) (2)
Avoiding Wrong Traditions that Devalue General and Special Education (2009) (2)
PREVIEW The Magic of Fluffy Words and Actions in General and Special Education (2006) (1)
Reducing Achievement Gaps and Increasing the School Success of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Special Needs Using the Comprehensive Support Model (2013) (1)
Inclusion of Students with Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments (2016) (1)
Cultural Contexts in Science and Mathematics Teaching to Young Children (2019) (1)
And We Can Be Saved: The Power of Multicultural Education (2008) (1)
The Universal Primary Education Program in Nigeria: Revisited. (1983) (1)
Identification, assessment and instruction (2010) (1)
Preparing Teachers for Our Racially, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Society: Imperatives for Educator Preparation Programs (2016) (1)
Intervention Techniques for Individuals with Exceptionalities in Inclusive Settings (2000) (1)
Beyond the Equity Rhetoric in America's Teacher Education Programs: An African Immigrant Voice (2010) (1)
Interactions with Asians in Higher Education: Beyond Multicultural Myths (2019) (1)
Families and Students with Learning Disabilities (2013) (1)
Executive editor’s comments: fraudulent multiculturalism as an anti-multicultural phenomenon (2023) (1)
Special Education for Young Learners with Disabilities: Moving Forward (2019) (1)
What Educators, Scholars, and Leaders can Learn from the Olympics: Moving Forward with Life-Long Education in an Age of Change (2016) (1)
Self-concept of Young Children with Special Needs: Perspectives for School and Clinic (1995) (1)
Editors’ Comments: Seeing Beyond the Eyes in Valuing Human Differences (2014) (1)
Special Education for Young Learners with Disabilities (2019) (1)
Inclusion in General and Special Education in an Age of Change: Concluding Thoughts (2016) (1)
Everything Has Everything to Do with Everything (2015) (1)
Current Issues and Trends in Special Education (2010) (1)
Beware of False Prophets of Multicultural Education (2011) (1)
Building Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs through Innovative Leadership. (2006) (1)
Important aspects to consider (2015) (1)
Founding and executive editors’ comments: reducing racism and xenophobia in colleges/schools of education (2022) (1)
Educating students with cognitive disabilities (2003) (1)
Professional publications of ethnic minority scholars: setting the record straight. (1999) (1)
The Mismeasure of Multiculturalism in Teacher Preparation Programs (2009) (1)
Comparison of Special Education Programs in Nigeria and the United States of America. (1985) (1)
What are Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Effective Inclusive Schools for Students with High Incidence Disabilities (2014) (1)
Teaching Young Children with Traumatic Brain Injury in Inclusive Classroom Settings (2019) (1)
Multicultural powers of “fluffy” words and actions in general and special education (2021) (0)
The Visibility of Invisible Voices in Teacher Education Programs (2010) (0)
In Honor of Truly Good Teachers (2010) (0)
Editors’ Comments: The Bandwagon Effect on Thinking and Multicultural Interaction (2018) (0)
Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners with Disabilities: Beyond Tradition (2018) (0)
Dealing with hate to boost multiculturalism in colleges/schools of education (2020) (0)
Transforming the teaching-learning process in general and special education (2003) (0)
The Moral Imperative of Valuing Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs): Implications for Teacher Preparation (2018) (0)
Valuing Exceptional Ethnic Minority Voices: New Leadership for a New Era (2006) (0)
Educating culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities in inclusive settings: beyond debates (2022) (0)
Founding and executive editors’ comments: beyond multicultural “Wokeness”: the need for real “GOATS” in education (2021) (0)
Beyond fraudulent multiculturalism in higher education: moving forward (2023) (0)
Key related professionals involved (2015) (0)
Educating and hiring an “African” in America’s Colleges/Schools of Education: my voice (2022) (0)
Collaboration, Consultation and Cooperation: 3 Cs for Multicultural General and Special Education. (1995) (0)
Founding and executive editors’ comments: why care about what multicultural students see in education? (2021) (0)
In Search of Diversity-Oriented Leadership (2019) (0)
Diminished Self-Concept of the Visually Impaired: Fact or Fiction?. (1987) (0)
Research, technology, and teacher preparation (2010) (0)
Self-Concept of Young "Special" Children: What Special Educators Should Know (2012) (0)
What the mouth says matters to multicultural learners in general and special education (2022) (0)
What is Legally Right May Not Be Morally Right in Education (2017) (0)
Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners with Disabilities: An Introduction (2018) (0)
Different Roles and Similar Mission in the Education of Students with Special Needs: The Comprehensive Support Model at Work (2015) (0)
Executive editor’s comments: education and survival of blacks matter: beyond narrow confines (2022) (0)
Chapter 10 Beyond traditional placement: Making inclusion work in the general education classroom (2010) (0)
Is There a There There? Responding to Mythologies that Hamper Multicultural and Global Education (2018) (0)
Educating Students with Special Needs: An Overview (2010) (0)
“Leaving the world better than we saw it:” Imperatives for general and special educators (2020) (0)
The Reality of Multicultural Learning and Teaching (2006) (0)
Using the Church to maximize the potential of learners with special needs (2021) (0)
Building the "Self" to Advance Cultural and Linguistic Valuing (2008) (0)
Multicultural and Global Perspectives on Policing the Behaviors of Those Who Police Behaviors (2014) (0)
Editor’s Comments: No Shade, No Tears! Valuing Positive “White” Voices in America’s Colleges and Universities (2015) (0)
Special Education International Perspectives: Practices Across the Globe: Advances in Special Education, Volume 28 (2014) (0)
Valuing African voices in Colleges/Schools of Education: introducing the Special Issue (2022) (0)
Multicultural education for learners with exceptionalities (1999) (0)
The 2012 London Olympics: Implications for Multicultural Education (2012) (0)
James M. Kauffman's Ideas about Special Education: Implications for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. (2015) (0)
Educational Considerations, vol. 34(1) Full Issue (2006) (0)
Chapter 8 Multicultural education: Not a general and special education panacea (2010) (0)
Debunking Perceptions that Impede Multicultural Education (2007) (0)
Shifting paradigms and powers from morally repugnant leadership to morally caring leadership (2020) (0)
Beyond Knowledge to Applying Multiculturalism (2019) (0)
Multiculturalism Still Matters (2019) (0)
Educating Children with Other Health Impairments (ADHD) (2010) (0)
Going Beyond the Call of Duty is the Real Essence of Multicultural Education (2007) (0)
Editors’ Comments: Beyond “Silence” In Social Justice and Multiculturalism (2017) (0)
“Life is in the Ears”: what Black learners should hear from general and special educators (2022) (0)
“Black Lives Matter” in education and society (2020) (0)
Common Sense Approaches to Increasing School Completion (2007) (0)
Special Education for Young Learners with Disabilities. Advances in Special Education. Volume 34. (2019) (0)
Special Education Transition Services for Students with Disabilities (2019) (0)
The Convergence of Multicultural Education and the 2012 London Olympics: What School Leaders Should Know (2014) (0)
Editors’ Comments: Lighting Multicultural Candles through Lifelong Learning (2016) (0)
Special Education Transition Services for Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries (2019) (0)
Traditional and Innovative Assessment Techniques for Students with Disabilities: Moving Forward (2021) (0)
Editors' Comments: Building Truly Multicultural Communities (2012) (0)
Managing Anger of At-Risk Students Using a Comprehensive Support Model (2006) (0)
Seeking equality of educational outcomes for Black students: Response to Dr Louise Taylor (2021) (0)
The Placement of Exceptional Students in Nigeria and the United States of America. (1993) (0)
Book Review: Behavior disorders of children and adolescents: Assessment, etiology, and intervention (2nd ed.) (1996) (0)

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