This article describes the brief history of attention to children with special needs and provides a summary of the future of the field, based in large part on the articles published in the current special issue of this journal (Vol. 29, No. 1).

Fixsen, D., & Blase, K. (2009). Technical Assistance in Special Education: Past, Present, and Future. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 29(1), 62-64.