Download or read book Working With Challenging Parents of Students With Special Needs written by Jean Cheng Gorman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move beyond conflict to true collaboration with difficult parents of children with special needs by understanding their perspectives and using appropriate methods to address their concerns!
Download or read book Working with Families of Children with Special Needs written by Nancy M. Sileo and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. An engaging discussion of the legal, ethical, practical, and cultural considerations of working with families of special needs children. With a strong focus on the families of special needs children, this first edition text provides students with both the information to understand the challenges and needs of these families as well as the skills and strategies required of educators working with such families. Containing a thorough discussion of the common legal and ethical concerns surrounding children with special needs and their families, this book also emphasizes the many individual differences among families. With that in mind, the authors focus on diversity in families with special needs children, cultural considerations, age, and communication with special needs families. In addition, a distinctive final chapter called “A Family’s Voice,” gives students the special opportunity to hear about the unique thoughts and experiences of a large selection of family members of children with special needs.
Download or read book The Everything Parent s Guide to Special Education written by Amanda Morin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be your child's best advocate! Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates. It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate, prepare, organize, and get quality services, no matter what your child's disability. This valuable handbook gives you the tools you need to navigate the complex world of special education and services, with information on: Assessment and evaluation Educational needs for different disabilities, including multiple disabilities Current law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Working within the school system to create an IEP The importance of keeping detailed records Dealing with parent-school conflict With worksheets, forms, and sample documents and letters, you can be assured that you'll have all you need to help your child thrive--in school and in life!
Download or read book Working With Challenging Parents of Students With Special Needs written by Jean Cheng Gorman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This practical guide will help avert obstacles and clear the way for a healthy and productive working relationship that will benefit the individuals who are at the center of the enterprise—the children!" —Lawrence Balter, Professor New York University "This book should be used by every teacher. School districts should be providing professional development classes and higher education should be addressing the challenging components of teaching that Gorman addresses." —Mary Ellen Somers, Teacher Kingsley Junior High School Normal, IL Intimidated by an angry parent? Frustrated by a non supportive parent? Hands-on, specific solutions are now available to help you! Most teaching programs do not cover how to handle difficult parents, especially parents of children with special needs. This book fills that gap, focusing both on dealing with specific problems and cultivating strong relationships with parents. In specific settings such as IEP meetings and transitional plan meetings, you will learn how to understand the parents′ perspective while arming yourself with methods to address their concerns and move beyond conflict to true collaboration. The book′s contents, grounded in research as well as real-life experiences, include chapters to help you Generate alliances—not lawsuits—and examine such concepts as empathy, communication, and risk management Deal with specific problems, such as parents who are angry, non-participatory, or plaintive Work with groups with unique concerns, such as grandparents, foster parents, noncustodial parents, and homeless families Cultivate and maintain good collaborative relationships with parents The easy-to-use layout first presents research and discusses the reasons behind particular problems, followed by clear main strategies to solving the problems and actions to avoid. A summary and questions at the end of each chapter, as well as the included extensive forms, let you examine your specific professional situation.
Download or read book Working with Families of Young Children with Special Needs written by R. A. McWilliam and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age 6. Expert contributors demonstrate how early intervention and early childhood special education can effectively address a wide range of family concerns, which in turn optimizes children's development and learning. Tightly edited, the volume offers indispensable tools for assessing families; identifying and capitalizing on their strengths; providing information, support, and coaching; collaborating with parents and teachers to address children's functional needs in the context of everyday routines; and coordinating care. Over a dozen reproducible checklists and forms help professionals immediately implement the techniques and strategies described.
Download or read book Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs written by Jane Nelsen and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2 Million Positive Discipline Books Sold! A Positive Approach To Helping Children With Special Needs Realize Their Potential Every child deserves to lead a happy and fulfilling life. For parents and teachers of children with special needs, helping their child to not only negotiate daily challenges, but to live fulfilling, meaningful lives, can be the most difficult challenge they will face. Over the years, millions of parents and teachers have come to trust Jane Nelsen’s classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to childrearing. Now, the bestselling series addresses the specific challenges that parents and teachers of children with special needs face, and offers them straightforward advice for supporting them in positive ways. In these pages are practical solutions to challenges such as: Learning to look beyond diagnostic labels ● Believing in each child's potential regardless of his/her stage of development ● Helping children integrate socially and interact with their peers ● Coping with the frustration that inevitably occurs when a child is being difficult ● Strengthening a child’s sense of belonging and significance ● And Many More! Use this book to answer such questions as: • How do you accommodate a disability, while still teaching a child to try their best? • How do you help a child cope with anger they may have trouble expressing, especially when that anger may on some level be justified? • How do you teach a child who may struggle with seemingly straight forward tasks to contribute to the world around them in a way that will be meaningful to them? “If you are raising or teaching a child with special needs, this book is a must-read. As the mother of a child with autism, my hopes and dreams for my son were no different than those of other parents. I wanted a parenting approach that helped my child grow up to be self confident, happy, and prepared for success in relationships, work, and life. I also needed practical, effective methods for addressing the significant, challenging behaviors I faced on a daily basis. Finally, in this amazing book, I found both….Thank you, thank you, thank you to the authors of this groundbreaking book.” - Rachel Fink Parks, MS, PCC
Download or read book Involving Parents of Students With Special Needs written by Jill C. Dardig and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book makes a great contribution to education. Teachers across specialties would find these strategies helpful for facilitating communication with parents and caregivers." —Erin Jones, Special Education Teacher Tea Area Elementary School, SD "Involving parents on a positive level is essential to educating all students, especially students with special needs. This book helps readers with real-world situations—something that most college courses cannot prepare you for. Easy and user-friendly, this book provides strategies and tools to aid in communicating with parents." —Laura Peterson, Special Education Teacher Center School, Stow, MA Bridge the communication gap with parents of children with special needs! Research has shown that establishing strong communication links with parents and promoting family involvement can have positive and tangible effects on a student′s success in school. In this teacher-friendly resource, Jill C. Dardig provides 25 ready-to-use techniques for involving parents in the education of their children. Both general and special education teachers in Grades PreK–12 can use these strategies to reach the parents of students with a wide range of learning needs, including cognitive, emotional/behavioral, social, sensory, and physical disabilities, as well as the parents of typically developing students. Involving Parents of Students With Special Needs anticipates the challenges to parent involvement and provides step-by-step directions, sample materials, and tips for Using letters, telephone, email, newsletters, and progress reports to communicate with parents Conducting successful parent conferences and in-person meetings Connecting parents with needed resources Helping parents teach their children at home Dealing with home/school conflict situations Preparing a parent involvement action plan This practical guide helps teachers and parents work together to give students with special needs the necessary support to succeed in school.
Download or read book Parents Have the Power to Make Special Education Work written by Judith Canty Graves and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by parents who have been through the US special education system, this book cuts through the jargon to provide other parents with a no-nonsense road map full of valuable first-hand insights and tried-and-tested advice. The authors clearly describe: · the special education process, including the school hierarchies parents are likely to encounter and etiquette to be aware of when dealing with school personnel · the information parents should expect to see in school evaluations and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and what to do when this information is missing or insufficient · problems parents may encounter when the needs of the school conflict with the needs of a child, including how to deal with such situations and when to seek legal advice · the importance of organizing special education documentation and establishing a 'paper trail', and how to begin this process · why transition planning is so important, and transition services parents may want to consider for their child. Demonstrating that parents really do have the power to make special education work for their child, this empowering guide is essential reading for parents of children with disabilities who are new to the special education system in the US, as well as those who feel frustrated with the system.
Download or read book Partners for Special Needs written by Douglas J. Fiore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to collaborate with parents and special education advocates to ensure student success. This practical book shows you how to navigate the tricky path to meeting special education goals and outcomes. It also provides strategies to help you communicate and partner more effectively with families and specialists. Part I of the book offers key information on how special education has evolved over recent decades and what the Individualized Education Plan process entails. Part II features techniques for strengthening communication so you can avoid conflict and create as strong a partnership as possible. You’ll learn the specific roles of advocates and parents, and you’ll gain practical strategies for communicating proactively and managing communication breakdowns. You’ll also uncover how to overcome the challenges of working with people during difficult times. The book is filled with tips, examples, and reflection questions to help you implement the ideas immediately. With the essential strategies in this book, you can become the best support system for the child or children you serve!
Download or read book Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs written by Vicki A. McGinley and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs: Collaborating Across the Age Span teaches students the skills they need to effectively collaborate with parents and families to ensure a child's success in the classroom. Authors Vicki A. McGinley and Melina Alexander’s text takes a lifespan approach with a special emphasis on the critical transition points in a child’s life. Information is provided on what can be seen at each stage of an individual with disabilities’ development, and addresses concerns and needs that families may have during these unique phases of growth. Chapters written by professors and professionals who are also parents of students with special needs bring a diverse range of voices into the narrative. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of how parents and families are affected by particular disabilities, family system theory, the laws that affect individuals with disabilities, and assessments for individuals with disabilities.
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book The Special Needs Parent Handbook written by Jonathan Singer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...is a compilation of life lessons learned by the parents of a child with significant special needs. The book shares critical strategies and practical advice to help you navigate the maze of financial, educational and emotional decisions you will face each day as a parent or caregiver. This handbook is designed to help you focus on what is most important in your life as you deal with the constant challenges. You will learn how to survive and even thrive while providing the best for your child."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Disabled and Their Parents written by Leo F. Buscaglia and published by Slack. This book was released on 1975 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s So Special about Special Education written by Susan McBrine and published by Luminare Press. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's So Special About Special Education is a short, practical, realistic guide for teachers in special education-particularly those working with children with severe disabilities-to more effectively communicate with classroom parents. It is written from the perspective of a veteran special education teacher and mother of a child with severe disabilities, who often mentored new teachers seeking advice about how to deal with their student's parents. The book offers teachers information about how to communicate with parents and form a partnership that will make the classroom experience more effective and the teacher's job easier. It covers things every special ed teacher needs to know to succeed in this challenging field, and offers a view from both sides of the IEP. This information is often not taught in teacher training courses, but it is essential for teachers struggling with the many facets of their students' disabilities. Parents and other school professionals will benefit from this book, and may find it helpful to give it to their students' teachers. It is a useful handbook for in-service or for reading before IEPs and the beginning of every school year.
Download or read book Advocating and Empowering Diverse Families of Students With Disabilities Through Meaningful Engagement written by Musyoka, Millicent M. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family engagement varies in education literature and often includes collaboration, involvement, and partnership. The term “family in schools” has changed to include extended family members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins, and others who interact with the child, such as step-parents, caregivers, and neighbors. Family engagement is a practice, an interactive process, and a goal-oriented relationship involving professionals and families, allowing families to share their perspectives about their children, their learning, and their customs to improve their children's education. Advocating and Empowering Diverse Families of Students With Disabilities Through Meaningful Engagement provides the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for effective engagements of all families with children in special education. With recent changes in student population diversity among those enrolling in special education, the diversity of family compositions in the school system is also evolving. Covering topics such as laws and legal infrastructure, special education, and family engagement, this book is ideal for classroom teachers, administrators, researchers, and students in education programs.
Download or read book How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior K 8 written by Kaye Otten and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interventions for students who exhibit challenging behavior Written by behavior specialists Kaye Otten and Jodie Tuttle--who together have 40 years of experience working with students with challenging behavior in classroom settings--this book offers educators a practical approach to managing problem behavior in schools. It is filled with down-to-earth advice, ready-to-use forms, troubleshooting tips, recommended resources, and teacher-tested strategies. Using this book, teachers are better able to intervene proactively, efficiently, and effectively with students exhibiting behavior problems. The book includes research-backed support for educators and offers: Instructions for creating and implementing an effective class-wide behavior management program Guidelines for developing engaging lessons and activities that teach and support positive behavior Advice for assisting students with the self-regulation and management their behavior and emotions
Download or read book Engaging Hard to Reach Parents written by Anthony Feiler and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to establishing positive relationships with hard-to-reach parents. Includes research-based techniques for teachers on how to reach hard-to-reach parents, carers, and guardians Explores the international perspective on successful parental engagement Provides practical help for developing closer relationships between parents and schools
