Preparing Children With Disabilities for Life (eBook)

Robert Evert Cimera (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2002
352 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-4617-0606-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Explains what special education is and how to make the special education process more successful for everyone involved. Includes a wealth of resources for parents such as lists of professional organizations, useful websites, support groups, and other books for further learning.

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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.

Autor

Robert Evert Cimera is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1 An Introduction to TransitionChapter 4 2 The History and Legalities of Preparing Children with Disabilities for LifeChapter 5 3 Transitions of Families with ChildrenChapter 6 4 Important Transitions Prior to and During SchoolChapter 7 5 Preparing Children with Disabilities for EmploymentChapter 8 6 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Residential LivingChapter 9 7 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Community AdjustmentChapter 10 8 Preparing Children with Disabilities for RecreationChapter 11 9 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Interpersonal RelationshipsChapter 12 10 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Lifelong LearningChapter 13 11 Developing Educational Plans for TransitionChapter 14 ReferencesChapter 15 IndexChapter 16 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4617-0606-8 / 1461706068
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4617-0606-9 / 9781461706069