Full Description
This new text addresses a topic of growing importance in today's schools-how can educators effectively support the increasingly complex needs of families with children with disabilities. This is the first comprehensive text in special education to discuss school-family collaboration from the perspective of full-service schools that embrace the principle of family-centered support services. This new text covers the full range of school-based family support services designed to enhance family functioning. Individual chapters discuss such topics as emotional support services, sibling support services, coping and stress supports, accessing school and community support services, family educational advocacy supports, positive behavioral supports, academic intervention supports, and transitional planning supports.
Contents
Chapter 1 Understanding Family Support Services in the SchoolsChapter 2 Providing Parental and Family Support in Diverse SchoolsChapter 3 Emotional Supports for Parents and FamiliesChapter 4 Providing Support for SiblingsChapter 5 Providing Coping and Stress Supports for Parents and FamiliesChapter 6 Identifying and Accessing School Support Services for Parents and FamiliesChapter 7 Partnering to Provide Community Support Services for Parents and FamiliesChapter 8 Fostering Parent and Family Educational AdvocacyChapter 9 Educational Support Services to Assist Parents and Families in Designing and Implementing Positive Behavioral InterventionsChapter 10 Educational Support Services to Assist Parents and Families in Designing and Implementing Academic Intervention ProgramsChapter 11 Educational Support Services to Assist Parents and Families in Transition Planning and ProgrammingChapter 12 Family Stories Illustrating School-Based Support
