Working with families for inclusive education : navigating identity, opportunity and belonging

Working with families for inclusive education : navigating identity, opportunity and belonging / edited by Kate Scorgie, Dick Sobsey.

The purpose of this volume is to explore personal, family and theoretical constructions of inclusion and offer evidence-based strategies and resources to foster parent-professional home-school collaborative partnerships.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scorgie, Kate (Editor), Sobsey, Richard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:International perspectives on inclusive education ; v. 10.
Subjects:
Inclusive education.
Education > Parent participation.
Home and school.
Inclusive education > mainstreaming.
School/community relations & school/home relations.
Open learning, home learning, distance education.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Education > Parent participation
Home and school
Inclusive education
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Working with Families for Inclusive Education: Navigating Identity, Opportunity and Belonging; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; Volume Editors' Introduction; Section I: Personal and Family Perspectives on Inclusion: Navigating Identity, Opportunity, and Belonging; Ability and Opportunity in the Rearview Mirror; Introduction; Ability and Opportunity; Norm
  • When Ability Is Seen to Precede Opportunity; Emma
  • Opportunity Is Not Enough; Ability and Opportunity in the Rearview Mirror; Swimming Lessons; Conclusion; Note.
  • "I Could have so Easily been Excluded": Exploring Narratives of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Lives of Professional Performers with DisabilitiesFrom Inclusive Childhoods to Inclusive Lives: Introduction to the Cast of Characters; The Value of an Inclusive Childhood; It's Not All Peaches and Cream: The Continuing Fight for Inclusion in the Transition to Adulthood; Humor as a Potential Path to Inclusion; The Stage as a Site of Resistance: Re-Working Exclusionary Boundaries in Public Performance; The Risks of Exclusive Inclusion: Delayed and Contested Disability Identity; Discussion; Notes.
  • AcknowledgmentReferences; The Gift of Belonging: From Parents to Society; Setting the Stage; My Journey; Has Much Changed?; Note; Reference; Parental Perspective about Inclusive Education in the Pacific; Introduction; Past Research on Parent and Family Perspectives; Understanding the Context; Methodology; Results; Barriers to Inclusive Education; Implementing Inclusive Education in the Pacific; Enhancing Parental Involvement; Discussion; References; An Emancipatory Stance Regarding Fathers of Children with Disabilities; References.
  • Broadening Family Perspectives: The Experiences of Fathers and Siblings When a Child Has Chronic Illness or DisabilityA Glimpse into the Fathers' Experience; Fathers: Identity and Coping; Networking with Professionals; A Glimpse into the Siblings' Experience; Roles Siblings Assume; Siblings and Family Functioning; Peer Relationships; Coping, Services and Supports; Broadening Family Perspectives; References; My Special Sister; Note; Reference; Section II: Fostering Collaborative Partnerships for Inclusion: Frameworks and Strategies.

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