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Listening to the Experts
Students with Disabilities Speak Out
Edited by Elizabeth B. Keefe, Ph.D., Veronica M. Moore, Ph.D., & Frances R. Duff
What’s the best way to find out what really works — and doesn’t work — in education for students with disabilities? Listen to the experts: the students themselves. In this one-of-a-kind book, students with a wide range of disabilities give readers a rare inside look at their past and present school experiences, both in self-contained classrooms and in inclusive environments. With uncensored candor and insight, these young men and women talk about
- struggles and triumphs with schoolwork
- friendships with peers
- the meaning of inclusion
- their complex feelings about special education
- practices and policies that helped and hindered their progress
- the characteristics of good teachers and administrators
- ingredients of positive classroom environments
- their future plans
Interspersed with the student essays are chapters by the other experts — parents, peers, and professionals. Parents talk about the experience of raising their son or daughter and what they did to support their child’s social and academic success. The students’ peers share what they felt and experienced as they participated in inclusive classrooms and befriended students with disabilities. And professionals such as educators, principals, and respected scholars discuss the rights of students with disabilities, the process of implementing inclusion, specific strategies such as peer supports and co-teaching, and the firsthand lessons they learned from their students.
A must-read for all educators of students with disabilities, this book gives readers the inspiration and information they need to support inclusion, shape effective teaching practices, and ensure that academic challenges and social opportunities are open to all students.
*Royalties from the sale of this book are going towards SunTASH, the New Mexico Chapter of TASH. This non-profit organization will use the money to help fund student authors and their families so they can continue to write and present locally and nationally.
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ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-836-1
Paperback
240 pages / 6 x 9
2006 / $22.95
Stock# 8361
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Table of Contents
About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword: Thinking About Experts and Expertise
Douglas Fisher
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Breaking the Silence
I. The Importance of Student Voices
- Why Can’t They Figure It Out?
Elliott Shelton
- A Parent’s View
Katherine Shelton
- The Human Rights Basis for Student Personal Empowerment in Education
Ruth Luckasson*
- Why Educators Need to Incorporate Student Voice into Planning: Reviewing the Literature
Veronica M. Moore*
- Stop Asking Me if I Need Help
Angela Gabel
- Live to Ride
Gary Hartzog
- If You Want the Fire, Just Reach Deep in Your Heart
Carson
Proo
- Growing Up with
Carson
Victor Proo
II. Friendships and Support
- Who’s That Girl
Farrah Hernton
- Taking Farrah to Lunch
Michelle Murray
- "We Don’t Need a Wheelchair Lift…We Have Football Players": Transformational Experiences in Inclusive Education
Sherry Jones*
- One Look, One Smile, and Two People
Erin Pitcher
- This Is Why!
Heather Curran
- This Is Me
Chad
Schrimpf
- Effective Peer Supports
Susan R. Copeland*
- Connecting Across the Community: Pen Pals in Inclusive Classrooms
Veronica M. Moore, Carolyn Metzler, and Stacey Pearson*
III. School Implementation
- This Is Their School
Stanley
Agustin and Elizabeth B. Keefe*
- He Called Me Duffy
Frances R. Duff*
- We Can Do More Things than We Can't Do
Phillip Contreras, as told to Veronica Moore
- It Has Nothing to Do with Being Smart
Alex Weatherhead
- Differentiating Instruction at the Secondary Level
Frances R. Duff*
- Struggling to Succeed
Breanna Ortiz
- It’s More than Just Paragraphs
Jeremy Mallak
- On the Road to Co-Teaching at the High School Level
Erin Jarry, Eddie Castro, and Frances Duff*
- Living in a Separate (but Gifted!) World
Amanda Goshorn
- The Evolution of an Inclusive Elementary School: A Principal's Journey
Bea Etta Harris*
IV. Thoughts for the Future
- Honoring Student Voice Through Teacher Research
Kathryn Herr*
- What’s Next for These Youth?
Ginger Blalock*
- Am I in the Wrong Class?
Amanda Funicelli
- The Ultimate Goal
Kelsey Holmes
- Imagine the Possibilities
Frances R. Duff, Elizabeth B. Keefe, and Veronica M. Moore*
*Scholarly Chapter
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