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Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs
Collaborating Across the Age Span
Edited by:
- Vicki A. McGinley - West Chester University, USA
- Melina Alexander - Weber State University, USA
January 2017 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs: Collaborating Across the Age Span teaches students the skills they need to effectively collaborate with parents and families to ensure a child's success in the classroom. The text takes a lifespan approach with a special emphasis on the critical transition points in a child’s life. Information is provided on what can be seen at each stage of an individual with disabilities’ development, and addresses the concerns and needs that families may have during these unique phases of growth. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of how parents and families are affected by particular disabilities, family system theory, the laws that affect individuals with disabilities, and assessments for individuals with disabilities. Chapters written by academics and professionals who are also parents of students with special needs bring a diverse range of voices into the narrative.
Tara Guierrero
Defining the Family
Vanessa Johnson
Family Systems Theory
Barry Bullis, Samuel Zimmerman
Families of Children At-Risk for Disability
Natalie Williams, Tori Lybbert
The Professionals and What Are Their Roles?
Vicki McGinley
Family Assessment and Research Based Interventions
Shirley Dawson, Tracie McLaughlin
The Laws that Support Families
Brenda Eaton
Birth through Age 5
Melissa Hudson
The Primary School Years
Melina Alexander, Desna Bergold
Secondary School Years
Brian Freedman, Laura Eisenman, Cathy Cowin, Sean Roy
Post School
Mary Houser
Prominent Disabilities Across the Lifespan
Kerry Smith
Siblings of Children with Disabilities
Section I: FOUNDATIONS, DEFINITION, AND ASSESSMENT
Tara S. Guerriero
Chapter 1 Defining the Family
Sandra Sepulveda-Kozakowski
Chapter 2: Family Systems Theory
Barry Bullis, Samuel Zimmerman
Chapter 3: Families of Children At-risk for Disability
Shirley Dawson, Tracie McLaurghlan, Denise Adams
Chapter 4: Laws that Support Families
Natalie A. Williams, Kristin L. Nelson, Tori J. Lybert
Chapter 5: The Professionals and Their Roles
Vicki A. McGinley, Ieva Margevica
Chapter 6: Assessment to Research-Based Intervention: Providing Families Support
Amy F. Conner Love, Lorie Taylor, Lisa P. Turner, Richard Sabousky
Chapter 7: Siblings of Children with Disabilities
Section II: WORKING WITH FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
Mary A. Houser
Chapter 8: Specific Disabilities Across the Lifespan
Brenda Eaton, Melina Alexander
Chapter 9: Birth Through Age 5
Melissa E. Hudson
Chapter 10: The Primary School Years
Melina Alexander, Desna Bergold
Chapter 11: Secondary School Years
Brian Freedman, Laura Eisenman, Cathy Cowin, Sean Roy
Chapter 12: Postschool
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