Affirming Disability - Strengths-Based Portraits of Culturally Diverse Families

"This resource will help teachers, counselors, and related service providers develop understanding and empathy to improve outcomes for CLD students with disabilities. The text features narrative portraits of six immigrant families, questions for reflection, comments from preservice students, and a personal action plan framework to guide cultural competence and inclusive special education practices"--

About the author

Janet Story Sauer is a professor of special education at Lesley University. Zachary Rossetti is an associate professor of special education at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.

Summary

Providing both a theoretical framework and practical strategies, this resource will help teachers, counsellors, and related service providers develop understanding and empathy to improve outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities.

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Rossetti, Janet Story Sauer
• Assisted by: Alfredo J Artiles (Editor), Alfredo J. Artiles (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780807763292
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6329-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Series: Disability, Culture, and Equit; Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education