Educating Individuals With Disabilities

Author : Ruth Colker
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814708484

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Disabled Education by Ruth Colker Pdf

Enacted in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children with the right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, the IDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that really the case? In Disabled Education, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath the IDEA’s surface and reveals that the IDEA contains flaws that were evident at the time of its enactment that limit its effectiveness for poor and minority children. Both an expert in disability law and the mother of a child with a hearing impairment, Colker learned first-hand of the Act’s limitations when she embarked on a legal battle to persuade her son’s school to accommodate his impairment. Colker was able to devote the considerable resources of a middle-class lawyer to her struggle and ultimately won, but she knew that the IDEA would not have benefitted her son without her time-consuming and costly legal intervention. Her experience led her to investigate other cases, which confirmed her suspicions that the IDEA best serves those with the resources to advocate strongly for their children. The IDEA also works only as well as the rest of the system does: struggling schools that serve primarily poor students of color rarely have the funds to provide appropriate special education and related services to their students with disabilities. Through a close examination of the historical evolution of the IDEA, the actual experiences of children who fought for their education in court, and social science literature on the meaning of “learning disability,” Colker reveals the IDEA’s shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines.

Author : John Wills Lloyd,Edward J. Kameenui,David J. Chard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317954392

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Issues in Educating Students With Disabilities by John Wills Lloyd,Edward J. Kameenui,David J. Chard Pdf

The contributors to this volume represent the most prominent researchers and thinkers on issues in educating students with and without disabilities. The book captures the most current thinking, research, and analysis on the full range of issues in educating students with learning disabilities, from its definition to the most recent case law and interpretations of federal law on educating these students in the general education classroom. The contributors' words speak sufficiently, mellifluously, and exactingly about their contributions to the education of all students, in particular those with disabilities. This book of essays was written to pay tribute to Barbara D. Bateman, who -- along with Sam Kirk -- coined the term "learning disabilities." Its content reflects the significance of her contributions to the field of special education.

Author : Lucy C. Martin
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452296128

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Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities by Lucy C. Martin Pdf

Written by a teacher for teachers, this engaging book provides more than 100 practical strategies for students with learning disabilities, along with guidance on accommodations and assessment.

Author : Nancy J. Evans,Ellen M. Broido,Kirsten R. Brown,Autumn K. Wilke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118018224

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Disability in Higher Education by Nancy J. Evans,Ellen M. Broido,Kirsten R. Brown,Autumn K. Wilke Pdf

Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on college campuses. Drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks, research, and experience creating inclusive campuses, this text offers a new framework for understanding disability using a social justice lens. Many institutions focus solely on legal access and accommodation, enabling a system of exclusion and oppression. However, using principles of universal design, social justice, and other inclusive practices, campus environments can be transformed into more inclusive and equitable settings for all constituents. The authors consider the experiences of students, faculty, and staff with disabilities and offer strategies for addressing ableism within a variety of settings, including classrooms, residence halls, admissions and orientation, student organizations, career development, and counseling. They also expand traditional student affairs understandings of disability issues by including chapters on technology, law, theory, and disability services. Using social justice principles, the discussion spans the entire college experience of individuals with disabilities, and avoids any single-issue focus such as physical accessibility or classroom accommodations. The book will help readers: Consider issues in addition to access and accommodation Use principles of universal design to benefit students and employees in academic, cocurricular, and employment settings Understand how disability interacts with multiple aspects of identity and experience. Despite their best intentions, college personnel frequently approach disability from the singular perspective of access to the exclusion of other important issues. This book provides strategies for addressing ableism in the assumptions, policies and practices, organizational structures, attitudes, and physical structures of higher education.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Goals 2000 and the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309057899

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Educating One and All by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Goals 2000 and the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities Pdf

In the movement toward standards-based education, an important question stands out: How will this reform affect the 10% of school-aged children who have disabilities and thus qualify for special education? In Educating One and All, an expert committee addresses how to reconcile common learning for all students with individualized education for "one"â€"the unique student. The book makes recommendations to states and communities that have adopted standards-based reform and that seek policies and practices to make reform consistent with the requirements of special education. The committee explores the ideas, implementation issues, and legislative initiatives behind the tradition of special education for people with disabilities. It investigates the policy and practice implications of the current reform movement toward high educational standards for all students. Educating One and All examines the curricula and expected outcomes of standards-based education and the educational experience of students with disabilitiesâ€"and identifies points of alignment between the two areas. The volume documents the diverse population of students with disabilities and their school experiences. Because approaches to assessment and accountability are key to standards-based reforms, the committee analyzes how assessment systems currently address students with disabilities, including testing accommodations. The book addresses legal and resource implications, as well as parental participation in children's education.

Author : Kamal Lamichhane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107064065

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Disability, Education and Employment in Developing Countries by Kamal Lamichhane Pdf

"Revolves around the discussion that human capital such as education and employment are the most important factors for inclusion and economic empowerment of the disabled, and their accessibility not only improves their livelihood, but also brightens the prospects of their poor families, and of the society as a whole"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Jay Dolmage
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472053711

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Academic Ableism by Jay Dolmage Pdf

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Author : Luigi Iannacci
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781498542760

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Reconceptualizing Disability in Education by Luigi Iannacci Pdf

Reconceptualizing Disability in Education provides an essential critical exploration of problematic discourses, practices, and pedagogies that inform how disability is presently understood and responded to within the field of education. Luigi Iannacci interrogates and destabilizes ableist grand narratives that dominate every aspect of how disability is linguistically, bureaucratically, procedurally, and pedagogically configured within education. Ultimately, this book seeks to forward human rights for people with disabilities in educational contexts by clarifying and operationalizing inclusion so that it is not just a model necessitated by a hierarchy of legality, but rather a set of beliefs and practices based on critical analyses and a reconceptualization of current understandings and responses to disability that prevent inclusion and human rights from being realized. As the book is grounded in reconceptualist theorizing, it draws on multiple perspectives—including critical disability theory, post-modernism, critical theory, critical pedagogy, and social constructivism—to deconstruct and destabilize what is currently taken for granted about disability and those ascribed disabled identities within education. A variety of personal, professional, research experiences and data are offered and drawn on to critically address questions regarding philosophical, epistemological, pedagogical, organizational, economic, and leadership issues as they relate to disability in education. Critical incidents, interviews, documents, and artifacts are drawn on and narratively presented to explore how disability is presently configured in language, identification, and placement processes, discourses, pedagogies, and interactions with students deemed disabled, as well as their parents/caregivers. This critical narrative approach fosters alternative ways of thinking, speaking, being, and doing that forward a human rights focused model of disability that sees as its mandate the amelioration of people with disabilities within education.

Author : Nidhi Singal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317850151

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Disability, Poverty and Education by Nidhi Singal Pdf

This book is a succinct and distinctive presentation of current research addressing educational issues in relation to children and young people with disabilities in Southern contexts. Even though people with disabilities are disproportionately over-represented in the majority world, there is a lack of texts which bring together empirical insights highlighting the unique socio-economic and cultural realities of these contexts and the ways in which these have shaped developments in education. This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of a range of issues, such as the dilemmas in conceptual translations, analysis of international aid and national policies, evaluation of various educational interventions, and issues interrogating the purpose of education. Bringing together various research projects conducted in eight different countries, this book successfully captures a unique spread of cross-cultural issues. It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Inclusive Education.

Author : Ontario Human Rights Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:927622223

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The Opportunity to Succeed by Ontario Human Rights Commission Pdf

Author : Michael L. Wehmeyer
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807777640

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Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities by Michael L. Wehmeyer Pdf

Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he notes how the digital revolution has made it possible for all learners to gain access to content and instruction. This text focuses on the need to consider how young people with (and without) disabilities learn and the importance of creating personalizable education as strengths-based approaches to disability move education away from diagnosis and remediation to schoolwide instruction for all students. This book is not written as a criticism of traditional special education models, but instead examines the big ideas for going beyond special education that can improve outcomes for learners with disabilities and prepare them for the 21st-century world. “If you are part of the field, you must choose whether to look backward or forward. This book includes the tools you need for the latter.” —Sue Swenson, president, Inclusion International “Dr. Wehmeyer masterfully articulates the flaws in our current approach and offers a roadmap to a more promising future for our nation’s children.” —Melody Bruce Musgrove, The University of Mississippi

Author : Cassidy, Kimberly Dianne,Sande, Beverly
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799873617

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Advising Preservice Teachers Through Narratives From Students With Disabilities by Cassidy, Kimberly Dianne,Sande, Beverly Pdf

The lives of students with disabilities need to be told in ways that inform preservice teachers about the work involved to legally and morally meet the needs of these students. Hearing the positive and negative experiences of students with disabilities from elementary through college can inform preservice teachers as well as potentially prevent them from repeating some of the same mistakes. The richness of the personal stories of these students and how their experiences can shape the future for students like them offers teachable moments for professors and preservice teachers to use in classrooms. Advising Preservice Teachers Through Narratives From Students With Disabilities heralds the stories of students with disabilities as they trace their journey from the PK-12 setting into university and adult life and addresses aspects that any new teacher must know in order to meet the needs of today's PK-12 classrooms. Covering topics such as social justice, virtual learning, and faculty convenience, it is ideal for preservice teachers, practicing teachers, administrators, professors, researchers, academicians, and students.

Author : Terese C. Jimenez,Victoria L. Graf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118754818

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Education For All by Terese C. Jimenez,Victoria L. Graf Pdf

Education for All offers an important resource for educators and parents who teach and support the more than 6.5 million students with disabilities. The book includes contributions from some of the most respected special and general education professionals including Mary Falvey, Diane Haager, Robert Rueda, and Janette Klingner. They address the important overarching issues in the field and focus on topics that are relevant to students no matter what their individual disability. Topics include: Working collaboratively with families as partners Including students with disabilities in general education settings Providing appropriate instructional practices for struggling learners Reducing the disproportionate representation of minorities in special education programs Establishing early intervention in K-12 settings Implementing special education law for the benefit of all children and families

Author : David R. Mitchell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415284538

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Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education: Systems and contexts by David R. Mitchell Pdf

Demonstrates how the fields of special education and inclusive education have evolved philosophically and technically over the past 30 years.

Author : Rhonda G. Craven,Alexandre J. S. Morin,Danielle Tracey,Philip D. Parker,Hua Flora Zhong
Publisher : IAP
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781681230009

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Inclusive Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities by Rhonda G. Craven,Alexandre J. S. Morin,Danielle Tracey,Philip D. Parker,Hua Flora Zhong Pdf

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 weaknesses, and assists students to reach their optimal potential to make a contribution to society. Dedicated to the identification of international strategies to achieve this goal, Inclusive Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities presents examples of theory, research, policy, and practice that will advance our understanding of how best to educate and more generally structure educational environments to promote social justice and equity. Importantly, this discussion transcends research methodology, context, and geographical locations and may lead to far-reaching applications. As such, the focus is placed on research-derived educational and psycho-educative practices that seed success for students with intellectual disabilities in inclusive educational settings and the volume showcases new directions in theory, research, and practice that may inform the education and psychosocial development of students with intellectual disabilities globally. The chapter contributors in this volume consist of 31 scholars from ten different countries, and they come from a great variety of research areas (i.e., teacher education, educational psychology, special education and disability policy, special needs and inclusive education, health sciences). This volume, with a series of subsections, offers insights and useful strategies to promote meaningful advances for students with intellectual disabilities globally.