Families: An Essential Component of Special Education focuses on fundamental pedagogies implemented with families of students with disabilities resulting in positive outcomes. Special education has changed over the years since its inception because of legislation, new trends, and current research investigations and this volume will address the importance of involving families in the special education process impacting teachers, administrators and schools regarding students with disabilities.

This is an excellent resource for special educators, administrators, mental health clinicians, school counsellors, and psychologists, addressing how incorporating families is essential to the success of educational programming for students with disabilities.  

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Families: An Essential Component of Special Education focuses on fundamental pedagogies implemented with families of students with disabilities resulting in positive outcomes.  

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Chapter 1. Families: An Essential Component of Special Education; Kristina Rios, Christie Nelson, and Jeffrey P. Bakken
Chapter 2. Special Education of Students with Learning Disabilities: Involving Families; Paula Williams, Kelly Anderson, and Kristen D. Beach
Chapter 3. Contextual and Systems-level Factors that Influence Outcomes for Families of Students with EBD; Jason C. Chow, Jessica Vitale, Saury Ramos-Torres, Kristen L. Granger, and Carrie Mason
Chapter 4. Special Education of Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Involving Families; Emily C. Bouck, Laura Norwine, and Larissa N. Jakubow
Chapter 5. Special Education of Students with Deaf/hard of Hearing: Involving Families; Angi Martin
Chapter 6. Special Education of Students with Visual Impairments: Involving Families; Stacy M. Kelly
Chapter 7. Special Education of Students with Extensive Support Needs: Involving Families; Jennifer A. Kurth, Mary Curran Mansouri, Geonhwa Kim, and Lindsay Ruhter
Chapter 8. Special Education of Students with Autism: Involving Families; Lenwood Gibson
Chapter 9. Special Education of Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries: Involving Families; Quentin M. Wherfel and Summer Bergmann
Chapter 10. Special Education of Students with Physical and Other Health Impairments: Involving Families; Luis Columna, Eugene F. Asola, and Samuel R. Hodge
Chapter 11. Special Education for Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: Involving Families; Christopher J. Cormier
Chapter 12. School Leaders and Administrators and the Special Education Process: Involving Families; Floyd D. Beachum
Chapter 13. Working with Families of Learners with Special Education Needs: Moving Forward; Festus E. Obiakor, Sunday Obi, Stephanie L. Obi, Nkechi Amadife, Phillip H. Clay Jr., Ann Lyttle-Burns, and Whitney Lawrence

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781836082231
Publisert
2025-12-12
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Limited
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
232

Biografisk notat

Festus E. Obiakor is the Chief Executive Manager, Sunny Educational Consulting, Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA.
Jeffrey P. Bakken is Professor of Special Education at Bradley University, USA.