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Parents and Families of Students With Special Needs

Collaborating Across the Age Span

By: Vicki A. McGinley, Melina Alexander

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.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781506316000
Published By: Sage Publications Inc
Year: 2017
Page Count: 344
Publication date: January 26, 2017

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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. The 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 the concerns and needs that families may have during these unique phases of growth. 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. Chapters written by academics and professionals who are also parents of students with special needs bring a diverse range of voices into the narrative.

Key features

KEY FEATURES:

This book has a particular emphasis on working with families across various schooling experiences from early intervention to post high school.
Case studies provide specific examples of children with disabilities and their families and questions for the reader to answer.
Learning Objectives and Chapter Summaries help reinforce key concepts throughout each chapter.
Additional Resources, such as links to readings, websites, and blogs, in each chapter provide students with materials and insights they can use in their classrooms and schools.
The book acts as a useful reference for professionals working with family members.

Author(s)

Vicki A. McGinley

Dr. Vicki A. McGinley, professor, is a faculty member at West Chester University of PA in the Special Education Department. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in foundations, communication and behavioral disorders, action research, family systems, and legal issues. She has served in two states as a due process hearing officer and serves as a university fact finder as well as state mediator. Presently, her service and research focuses on trauma informed education, international special education and working directly with children and teachers in schools. She was recently awarded a research and teaching Fulbright Scholarship to work in Eastern Europe. Her publications reflect her teaching and service work.

Melina Alexander

Table of Contents

Defining the Family

Family Systems Theory

Families of Children At-Risk for Disability

The Professionals and What Are Their Roles?

Family Assessment and Research Based Interventions

The Laws that Support Families

Birth through Age 5

The Primary School Years

Secondary School Years

Post School

Prominent Disabilities Across the Lifespan

Siblings of Children with Disabilities

Section I: FOUNDATIONS, DEFINITION, AND ASSESSMENT

Chapter 1 Defining the Family

The Role of the Family in a Child’s Education

Identifying and Defining Children and the Family

Childhood Living Arrangements

Type of Families

Unique Familial Circumstances that may Influence Education

Educating all Children

Chapter 2: Family Systems Theory

What is Family Systems Theory?

The Family Identity

Family Subsystems

Boundaries

Communication

Cohesion

Adaptability/ Flexibility

Climate

The Family Life Cycle

Factors Impacting Family Systems

External Systems

Coordination of Care

Parenting Relationships

Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

Spotlight on Children in Foster Care

Chapter 3: Families of Children At-risk for Disability

Why Study Risk?

Benefits of Identifying Risk

Definition of Risk

Categories of Risk

Children Living in Poverty

English Learners

Students Experiencing Marginalization

Gifted Children

Developmental Follow-up

Chapter 4: Laws that Support Families

History

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Provisions

Section 504

Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

Chapter 5: The Professionals and Their Roles

Professionals of the Multidisciplinary Team

Benefits of Partnerships

Family-Staff Relationships

Peer Relationships

Building and Sustaining Partnerships

Interpersonal Communication for Partnerships

The Reality of Criticism

Assertiveness Versus Aggressive Communication

Resolving Conflicts

Chapter 6: Assessment to Research-Based Intervention: Providing Families Support

Assessment History and Family Involvement

Working with Families to Understand Assessment

Technical Assessment Terminology

Lifespan Assessment

Transition from Part C to Part B

Primary School Years

Secondary School Years: Transition Assessment

Specialized Assessment and Disability Related Assessments

Disability Specific Assessments

Alternative Assessments/Authentic Assessments for Children with Disabilities

The Assessment Report/The Evaluation Report

Making Instructional Decisions for Intervention

Chapter 7: Siblings of Children with Disabilities

Special Relationship

Importance of Siblings and Significance in Today’s Society

Lifelong Relationship

Interactional Dynamics and Relationship Patterns

Children and Adolescent Siblings

Adult Siblings

Temperament

Sibling Effects

Expectations

Characteristics of Sibling Without Disability

Sibling Interactions

Coping and Stress Styles

Strategies to Help Siblings

Siblings as Teachers

Ways to Establish Sibling Teaching Program

Social Interactions

Counseling Siblings

Section II: WORKING WITH FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

Chapter 8: Specific Disabilities Across the Lifespan

Disability Related to Birth Through Age 5

Disability Related to Primary Years

Disability Related to Secondary School Years

Discovering the Presence of a Disability

Selected Disabilities and their Impact on Families

The Benefits of Home-School Collaboration: Teacher and Families working together

Chapter 9: Birth Through Age 5

Children From Birth to Age 3

Early Intervention

Part C of the IDEA

Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)

Members of the Multidiscilinary Team

Provider(s) of Early Intervention Services

Early Intervention Programming

Members of the Multidisciplinary Team

Content of the IFSP

Outcomes of Early Intervention

Children Ages 3 to 5

Children Ages 3 to 5 With Disabilities

Preschool Programs

Supporting Families with Children With Disabilities Ages Birth Through 5

Chapter 10: The Primary School Years

Communicating with Families

Transition to Elementary School

The Individualized Education Program Plan (IEP) Process and Document

The Individualized Education Program Plan

Working Together – The IEP Team and the Collaborative Team Model

Collaborative Team Model

Chapter 11: Secondary School Years

Adolescence

Early Adolescence

Middle Adolescence

Late Adolescence

Adolescents with Disabilities

Families of Adolescent Students with Disabilities

The Multidisciplinary Team During the Secondary School Years

Roles of Members of the Multidisciplinary Team

Issues Addressed by Multidisciplinary Team During the Secondary School Years

Potential Needs of the Family During the Secondary Years

Chapter 12: Postschool

Post School Outcomes

Predictors of Postschool Success

Age of Majority

Entitlement Versus Eligibility

Understanding Concerns, Knowing Options, and Creating Partnerships

Current Statistics and Optimistic Trends

Career Development

Employment Settings

Rights, Accommodations and Self-Disclosure

Federal Benefits

Common Questions from Families Regarding Specific Issues Related to Employment

Strategies for Partnering with Families

Postsecondary Education

Postsecondary Education Options

From Entitlement to Eligibility

Accommodations

Social Life and Campus Participation

Financial Factors

Strategies for Partnering With Families

Independent and Interdependent Living

Development of Life Skills

Support From State and Federal Government

Types of Residences

Social Relationships and Community Participation

Strategies for Partnering With Families

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