Preparing Children with Disabilities for Life
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- Publisher:
- 2002
Summary
Educating students with disabilities is a team process. By federal law, parents must be involved in the development of their child's educational plan. Unfortunately, few parents (or regular educators) understand special education_its terms, philosophies, and processes. This book explains, in layperson terms, what special education is and how to make the special education process more successful for everyone involved. Chapters cover history and legalities of preparing children with disabilities for life, transition of families, preparation for employment, residential living, community adjustment, recreation, interpersonal relationships, life-long learning, and developing educational plans. Hundreds of additional resources for parents of children with disabilities including lists of professional organizations, useful websites, support groups, and other books for further learning on special education are also provided. While intended for parents and family members of children with disabilities, it will also be of interest to educators who are unfamiliar with special education as well as special educators who are new to the field.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2002
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-4520-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4617-0606-9
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 295
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 1 An Introduction to Transition No access Pages 1 - 22
- 2 The History and Legalities of Preparing Children with Disabilities for Life No access Pages 23 - 38
- 3 Transitions of Families with Children No access Pages 39 - 76
- 4 Important Transitions Prior to and during School No access Pages 77 - 94
- 5 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Employment No access Pages 95 - 136
- 6 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Residential Living No access Pages 137 - 154
- 7 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Community Adjustment No access Pages 155 - 170
- 8 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Recreation No access Pages 171 - 184
- 9 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Interpersonal Relationships No access Pages 185 - 204
- 10 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Lifelong Learning No access Pages 205 - 240
- 11 Developing Educational Plans for Transition No access Pages 241 - 266
- References No access Pages 267 - 288
- Index No access Pages 289 - 294
- About the Author No access Pages 295 - 295





