基本説明
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, and life-long learning, and developing educational plans.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1 An Introduction to Transition Chapter 4 2 The History and Legalities of Preparing Children with Disabilities for Life Chapter 5 3 Transitions of Families with Children Chapter 6 4 Important Transitions Prior to and During School Chapter 7 5 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Employment Chapter 8 6 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Residential Living Chapter 9 7 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Community Adjustment Chapter 10 8 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Recreation Chapter 11 9 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Interpersonal Relationships Chapter 12 10 Preparing Children with Disabilities for Lifelong Learning Chapter 13 11 Developing Educational Plans for Transition Chapter 14 References Chapter 15 Index Chapter 16 About the Author
