| Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities A Vision for the Future | | | Editor:
| Agran, Martin
Brown, Fredda
Hughes, Carolyn
Quirk, Carol
Ryndak, Diane Lea | | Foreword by:
| Trader, Barbara
Westling, David L. | | Contribution by:
| Bigby, Christine
Bambara, Linda M.
Boone, Jane
Bottema-Beutel, Kristen
Brock, Matthew
Browder-Boswell, Diane
Butterworth, John
Callahan, Michael
Carter, Erik W.
Condon, Ellen
Copeland, Susan R.
De Valenzuela, Julia
Fanion, Latanya L.
Fox, Lise
Gao, Wei
Grigal, Meg
Hanline, Mary Frances
Hart, Debra
Head, Michael
Hudson, Melissa
Hunt, Pam
Keefe, Elizabeth B.
Lehr, Donna
Luecking, Richard
Marron, Julie
McCallion, Philip
McCarron, Mary
McDonnell, John
McKissick, Bethany R.
Mickelson, Ann
Nerney, Tom
O'Brien, John
Orlando, Ann-Marie
Reed, Deborah K.
Romer, Lyle T.
Smogorzewska, Joanna
Snell, Martha E.
Sommerstein, David A.
Sommerstein, Lynne C.
Sommerstein, Michelle L.
Sommerstein, Robert B.
Spooner, Fred
Szumski, Grzegorz
Walker, Pamela
Walker, Virginia L.
Wehmeyer, Michael L.
Weir, Cate
Woods, Juliann | | ISBN: | 978-1-59857-781-5 | | Publication Date: | May 2014 | | Publisher: | Brookes Publishing
| | Book Format: | Ebook | | List Price: | USD $59.95 | Book Description:
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What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan. Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and...
More Description What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan. Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and practice; and set clear goals and priorities for improving early intervention, education, health care, behavior supports, and social services. Whether used as a textbook or a professional reference, this innovative volume will help usher in a new era of services that support full inclusion and quality of life for people with severe disabilities. COVERS TODAY'S MOST CRITICAL TOPICS: - Addressing inequities in our educational and social services system
- Designing and delivering effective early intervention and education
- Expanding and improving inclusive education
- Supporting families of children with severe disabilities
- Resolving challenges to person-centered planning and self-determination
- Providing effective and respectful positive behavior supports
- Improving access to the general curriculum
- Delivering effective literacy instruction to students with severe disabilities
- Removing barriers to friendships and social relationships
- Supporting students with health care needs in general education classrooms
- Promoting access to postsecondary education, employment, and community life
- Providing appropriate medical and social services to elderly individuals with severe disabilities
ONLINE COMPANION MATERIALS: This book comes with online PowerPoint slides for faculty, ideal for complementing and enhancing lessons. | |