Family, School, and Community Partnerships for Students with Disabilities

✍ Scribed by Lusa Lo, Yaoying Xu

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Series: Advancing Inclusive and Special Education in the Asia-Pacific
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a collection of research-based, effective, and culturally responsive practices that are used in schools and communities to support and empower families of students with disabilities to be equal partners for schools. As the demographics of the U.S. population become increasingly diverse, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that, by 2044, more than half of the U.S. population will belong to a minority group. Currently, students from diverse backgrounds comprise over 53% of the special education student population. While their parents are the key decision makers and advocates who ensure that they receive services and support that address their individual needs, research consistently indicates that families from diverse backgrounds face many challenges that prevent them from taking on these active roles.
Along with the improvements in the U.S. since the enactment of its first special education law in 1975, other parts of the world are also making changes to their special education systems in terms of responding to the diverse needs of children and students with disabilities and their families. This book also shares research-based and effective practices from other countries. The studies presented employ both qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate family-school-community partnerships.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Partnering with Families of Young Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings (Yaoying Xu)....Pages 3-15
Empowering Families of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Success in Secondary Transition (Sarah Louise Curtiss, Lindsay S. Athamanah, Songtian Zeng, Keeley White, Connie Sung, Gloria K. Lee)....Pages 17-28
Community Involvement: What Supports Are Available for Diverse Families of Students with Disabilities? (Lusa Lo)....Pages 29-39
Front Matter ....Pages 41-41
Building School-Level Capacity Through a Problem-Solving Approach to Parental Engagement in a Large Urban Setting (Angel Rodriguez, Rosalia F. Gallo, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Elizabeth D. Cramer)....Pages 43-55
Partnering with Families of Students at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (Maureen Conroy, Kim McKnight, Kevin Sutherland)....Pages 57-69
Families as Mentors: Preparing Teachers to Partner with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (Ariane N. Gauvreau, Margaret R. Beneke, Susan R. Sandall)....Pages 71-81
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
A Community Not Forgotten (Denice Love, Rebekah Harrelson)....Pages 85-97
Building Capacity to Engage Culturally Diverse Families Through Interprofessional Partnerships and Training (Sheri Stronach, Marilyn Fairchild, Elizabeth Watkins)....Pages 99-112
A Community-Based Approach to Providing Health and Education Supports for Students with Disabilities in Affordable Housing (Sarah Irvine Belson, Anastasia Snelling, Jessica Young)....Pages 113-126
Cultural Brokering Intervention for Families of Children Receiving Special Education Supports (Yali Pang, Dana Yarbrough, Parthenia Dinora)....Pages 127-138
Front Matter ....Pages 139-139
Family Engagement Practices in Early Intervention: A Review of Three Countries (Serra Acar, Ching-I Chen, Huichao Xie)....Pages 141-152
Engaging Families: A Case Study of an Elementary Inclusive School in Hong Kong (Lusa Lo, Kam Keung Lui, Tak Wai Leung)....Pages 153-163
Preparing Israeli Teacher Candidates to Develop Professional/Family Partnerships (Rachel Ravid, Laurie Katz)....Pages 165-177

✦ Subjects

Education; Sociology of Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Disability Studies