From Disability to Possibility : The Power of Inclusive Classrooms
ISBN: 9780325009933 | 0325009937
Format: PaperbackPublisher: HEINEMAN
Pub. Date: 7/31/2006
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Patrick Schwarz is Associate Professor of Special Education and Chair of Diversity Learning and Development for National-Louis University, Chicago.
"From Disability to Possibility will change the way you look at your students with disabilities. And when you make that shift, the way those students look to you will change. You will see the possibilities, and in that vision, you will see the power of the inclusive classroom. "-Kylene BeersThree decades after landmark special education legislation promised a better lea... MORE
"From Disability to Possibility will change the way you look at your students with disabilities. And when you make that shift, the way those students look to you will change. You will see the possibilities, and in that vision, you will see the power of the inclusive classroom. "-Kylene BeersThree decades after landmark special education legislation promised a better lea... MORE
| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Diversity is Good | |
| Sam: Finding the Good in Everyone | |
| Andrew: Going Places by Being Diverse | |
| Special Education is a Service, Not a Sentence | |
| Susan: Making Difference Ordinary | |
| Gavin: Creating a Support Plan Around a Student Without Prerequisites | |
| Fairness is Not Samene... MORE | |
| No Double Standards | |
| Marco: Donrsquo;t Hold a Disability Against a Person | |
| Zach: Learning the Rules | |
| Dining in Siberia | |
| Eric: Advocate for Students | |
| A General Education Shouldnrsquo;t Need to Be Earned | |
| Anthony: The Least Restrictive Environment and System Reform | |
| Jenny: A Free Appropriate Public Education Is Not Always Free or Appropriate | |
| Katie: Keeping the Faith | |
| Inclusion May Not Be Easier, But Itrsquo;s Better | |
| Mark: A Defining Moment for Inclusion | |
| Components of Inclusion | |
| Jack: Inclusion Is Better for Everyone | |
| The Dignity of Risk Applies to All People | |
| Ben: Portraying the Dignity of Risk | |
| The Dignity of Risk and Learned Helplessness | |
| Julie: Protection Instead of Isolation | |
| Lindsay: Promoting Independence and Quality of Life | |
| Mick: We all Need Confidence and Competence | |
| Parents: The Gold Standard | |
| Elizabeth and Trevor: Believe You Will Be Successful | |
| Brenda and Brian: Never Give Up | |
| Tonya and David: Families Are Our Most Valuable Resource | |
| Get Rid of Labels | |
| Nick: Beating A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | |
| Franklin: Self-Advocacy Stamps Out Labels | |
| Would the Artist Formerly Known as Special Education Please Stand Up? | |
| Make Education Real! | |
| Jamie: Zero In on What a Student Does Best | |
| Dylan: Donrsquo;t Waste a Studentrsquo;s Time | |
| Justin: An Educational Wake-Up Call | |
| Ella: Sometimes We Need Tough Love | |
| Disability Is Normal | |
| Works Cited | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Patrick Schwarz is Associate Professor of Special Education and Chair of Diversity Learning and Development for National-Louis University, Chicago.
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