Promising practices connecting schools to families of children with special needs

Focusing on parent involvement in children's education in the USA, this volume covers such topics as: government support; parent-school communication; parent-child literacy projects; preparation for teachers; and parent centres.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Hiatt-Michael, Diana B. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., 2004.
SeriesFamily, school, community, partnership.
Subjects
Children with disabilities > Education > United States.
Special education > Parent participation > United States.
Home and school > United States.
Community and school > United States.
Education > Special Education > General.
Teaching of students with different educational needs.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781068182440
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-688-9
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Connecting schools to families of children with special needs / Diana B. Hiatt-Michael
  • Historical antecedents, legal issues, and government policies related to family involvement for children with special needs / Leland L. Simmons
  • A national study of parent involvement in education of youth with disabilities / Lynn Newman
  • Family involvement in adapting curriculum across the lifespan for children with special needs / Belinda Dunnick Karge
  • Helping children with learning disabilities succeed : the family-school connection / Rosalyn Anstine-Templeton and Michelle A. Johnston
  • Schools and families of students with an emotional disturbance : allies and partners / Carl I. Fertman
  • Toward successful collaboration : voices from families of children with developmental delays and disabilities / Hwa Lee and Michaelene Ostrosky
  • School-family-community collaboration for deaf children / Pat Hulsebosch and Lynda R. Myers
  • Bridging the gaps between schools, students with psychiatric illness, and their families : a hospital-based classroom / Margie Buttignol ... [et al.].

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