Listening to the Experts
Students with Disabilities Speak Out
Published on 1. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-55766-836-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents the point of view of students with or at risk for disabilities and their experiences with their peers, teachers, and school administrators in special and inclusive education. It contains chapters written by several groups: students with disabilities, peers and family members of the latter group, and professionals in the field. The chapters are interwoven to reflect various topics that the students and professionals address, including student empowerment, administrative support, transitions from special education to inclusive settings, peer support, and an outlook for the future. Several chapters include tools for teachers, which add instructive support to this book.
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Edition
Rsthand Lessons They Learned f ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55766-836-3 (9781557668363)
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Persons
Elizabeth Keefe is Associate Professor and Veronica Moore is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Specialties at the University of New Mexico. Frances Duff is a teacher of Language Arts and Humanities at Cibola High School, New Mexico.
Content
The Importance of Student Voices; Why Can't They Figure It Out?; A Parent's View; The Human Rights Basis for Student Personal Empowerment in Education; Why Educators Need to Incorporate Student Voices into Planning: Reviewing the Literature; Stop Asking Me if I Need Help; Live to Ride; If You Want the Fire, Just Reach Deep In Your Heart; Growing Up with Carson; Friendships and Support; Who's That Girl; Taking Farrah to Lunch; We Don't Need a Wheelchair Lift... We Have Football Players: Transformational Experiences in Inclusive Education; One Look, One Smile, and Two People; This Is Why!; This Is Me; Effective Peer Supports; Connecting Across the Community: Pen Pals in Inclusive Classrooms; School Implementation; This Is Their School; He Called Me Duffy; We Can Do More Things than We Can't Do; Differentiated Instruction; Struggling to Succeed; It's More than Just Paragraphs; On the Road to Co-Teaching at the High School Level; Living in a Separate (but Gifted!) World; The Evolution of an Inclusive Elementary School: A Principal's Journey; Thoughts for the Future; Honoring Student Voice Through Action Research; What's Next for These Youth?; Am I in the Wrong Class?; The Ultimate Goal; Imagine the Possibilities.