Parents' Guide to Special Needs Schooling

Early Intervention Years

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Parents' Guide to Special Needs Schooling

Early Intervention Years

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This book is written to help parents of special needs children understand and navigate the educational system. The book describes the various ways parents can be involved in planning and delivering a special education program for their child. Communication between school, medical practitioner, and parents is the key ingredient to success in these endeavors. This is the central theme of the book. Topics covered include: proper diagnosis of the disability; confirmation of perceived problems; parental coping strategies; assessment; educational program identification; IEP program planning processes; interfacing with school system organizations; finding support groups and information; and due process.

As important as parental involvement in a child's education is for a healthy child, it is even more essential for the special needs child. The authors have found that the school system is not always a friendly organization when it comes to parental involvement. Yet a parent's involvement in diagnostic and placement procedures, and overseeing and measuring progress is a right. This book will guide parents in exercising these rights to total involvement in the process.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Your Child is Diagnosed with a Special Need
The Benefit of Second Opinions
Coping Strategies for Parents
The Importance of Accurate Assessment for Placement: Birth-Five Programs
How Tests Help You to Understand Learning Disabilities
Parental Choice of Program Placement: Birth-Five Programs
The Individualized Education Program: A Multi-Faceted Process
Working through the Chain of Command in a Typical School System
Due Process
Where Are We Now--Where Do We Want to Be in Five Years?
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index

Product details

Published 11 Dec 1995
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 264
ISBN 9780865692435
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Jeffrey A. Cantor

JEFFREY A. CANTOR is Associate Professor of Adult…

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