982 and Human modifiability and Empowerment project, Head of Baker Research Center for Promoting of children with DD. Research areas: Cognitive Trajectories and Cognitive Modifiability in the population with ID along life span, Post-secondary education for students with ID, Emotional Intelligence in a population with ID, Aging phenomena among persons with developmental disabilities. Hefziba.lifshitz@biu.ac.il; hefziba@013net.net Prof. Tali Heiman Chapter on page 573 A member of the department of education and psychology at The Open University of Israel. Her main research studies examined the socialemotional aspects and behavioral patterns among children, with or without disabilities; the contribution of assistive technology and services for disabled students attending mainstreamed educational systems; the family, teachers and peers coping. Prof. Heiman is involved in international projects, theoretical and practical oriented, and her various research studies are presented in international conferences and published in peer- reviewed journals. talihe@openu.ac.il Dr. Benjamin Hozmi Chapter on page 43 The Academic director of Beit Issie Shapiro and founder and director of the Inclusive University program, editor of the Israeli academic Journal "Shikum (Rehabilitation)". His main fields of practice and research are Family and disability, Inclusive research, Academic and cognitive accessibility, identity and disability and challenging behavior. bennyh@beitissie.org.il Fares Kaabiya Chapter on page 519 A graduate of Bar-Ilan University in the program for education and social sciences. Has two masters from the University of Haifa in special education, including the publication of two thesis-based articles. The
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