Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities: Effective School-Based Support Services
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0130194883 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities: Providing Effective School Based Support Services provides teachers and paraprofessionals with necessary motivation, research-based practices, skills, and resources to collaborate effectively wiith familes to develop family-centered schools. The book challenges educators to rethink the traditional roles and responsibilities of public schools, training teachers and paraprofessionals how to achieve effective stress management, child advocacy, and transition planning, as well as how to provide academic intervention for the families of children with disabilities and the diverse communities that surround them. General K-12 inservice teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents.
From the Back CoverParents and Families of Children with Disabilities: Providing Effective School Based Support Services provides educators and paraprofessionals with the necessary motivation, research-based practices, skills, and resources to collaborate effectively with families to develop family-centered schools. The book challenges educators to rethink the traditional roles and responsibilities of public schools, training teachers and paraprofessionals how to achieve effective stress management, child advocacy, and transition planning, as well as how to provide academic intervention for the families of children with disabilities and the diverse communities that surround them. Highlights of this book include:Communication and Collaboration Tips provide practical suggestions and examples to professionals that help foster partnership and trust
seller was great, book is half rate Very much about fairy tales, how families with children who have special needs are happy and content with their lives, when as a professional, I believe this to be otherwise. I don't feel it addresses the true issues of a family. However the seller is awesome!. Pineda said which was a great idea because I learned so much about families with. I am a student in the Master's program in counseling and I bought this book for a special needs class. The teacher made the class read the entire book, which was a great idea because I learned so much about families with children of special needs. The book provides short case scenarios of families who have experienced challenges with their special needs child and how it was resolved. This book is great for any professional who is planning on working with families with children of special needs. Teachers, Social workers. "An Early Childhood Parent Involvement Book For Special Needs Children" according to Reginald Williams. I stumbled across this book via a professor. Thank God I found it, for it fits neatly into a niche of early childhood education (the early childhood special educator)that needs fresh blood.Those familar with IDEA and its pieces will find nothing new about it albeit different words for the same explanation; however, the parent involvement angle will inform. I especially liked the section on educational support services. Many teachers will find that they lack the very basic knowledge to direct parents of special needs ch