Inclusive education for students with intellectual disabilities

• Other Authors: Craven, Rhonda G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]
• Series: International advances in education.
• Subjects: Children with mental disabilities > Education > Cross-cultural studies.; Inclusive education > Cross-cultural studies.; Education > Inclusive Education.; Educational strategies and policy: inclusion.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611584
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-000-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 332 pages)

As a social justice endeavor, one of the goals of inclusive education is to bolster the education of all students by promoting equal opportunities for all, and investing sufficient support, curriculum and pedagogy that cultivates high self-concepts, emphasizes students' strengths rather than we...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Christophe Maïano
• Series introduction / Elinor L. Brown, Rhonda G. Craven, and George F. McLean
• Volume introduction / Rhonda G. Craven, Alexandre J. S. Morin, Danielle Tracey, Philip D. Parker, and Hua Flora Zhong
• Acknowledgements
• Part I: Promoting effective transition programs to facilitate future success and opportunities
• Chapter 1. An intensive early intervention program: building inclusive communities and transitioning to kindergarten / Claude L. Normand, Julie Ruel, and Lucie Leclair Arvisais
• Chapter 2. A Canadian perspective on the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in high schools / Tiffany L. Gallagher and Sheila Bennett
• Chapter 3. Starting with the end in mind: inclusive education designed to prepare students for adult life / Kathryn Best, LaRon A. Scott, and Colleen A. Thoma
• Chapter 4. Enhancing the postschool outcomes of students with intellectual disabilities in Singapore: an illustrative example of developing a transition program / Mee Choo Soh and Levan Lim
• Part II: Pedagogy and learning environments that enhance social justice and educational outcomes
• Chapter 5. Looking back on the inclusive education career of three young adults with intellectual disabilities in the Flemish speaking part of Belgium: becoming and belonging / Geert Van Hove, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Inge Van de Putte
• Chapter 6. Inclusive research and learning environments: ideas and suggestions for inclusive research and the development of supportive learning environments for children with autism and intellectual disabilities / Eija Kärnä
• Chapter 7. Experiences of learning: students with intellectual disabilities in higher education in Ireland / John Kubiak and Michael Shevlin
• Part III: Enabling self-determination and authentic participation in decision-making
• Chapter 8. Including students with intellectual disability in decision making and future planning during and after upper-secondary education - a Finnish case study / Aino Äikäs
• Chapter 9. Self-Determination and inclusive education for students with intellectual disability / Karrie A. Shogren and Michael L. Wehmeyer
• Chapter 10. The next frontier - advancing quality of life and self-determination by explicating the self-concepts of children with mild intellectual disabilities / Danielle Tracey, Rhonda G. Craven, and Herb Marsh
• Part IV: The agency of parents and educators as advocates for the inclusive education of students with intellectual disabilities
• Chapter 11. Parent advocacy for inclusive education in the United States / Meghan M. Burke
• Chapter 12. Special education teachers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and teachers in inclusive and regular classrooms - differential views toward inclusive education / Frances Lai Mui Lee, Alexander Seeshing Yeung, Danielle Tracey, Katrina Barker, and Jesmond C. M. Fan
• Chapter 13
• Parent's capabilities and institutional conditions for children with intellectual disabilities in Austrian schools / Michaela Kramann and Gottfried Biewer
• Chapter 14. The road to inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorders / Llyween Couper
• About the contributors.