Meeting Families Where They Are - Building Equity Through Advocacy with Diverse Schools and Communities

"The authors examine the importance of equitable family advocacy in special education professionals' work, in order to redress inequities that often challenge children's and families' rights to sufficient and equitable educational outcomes. Harry and Ocasio-Stoutenburg draw on intersectionality to inform the work of advocacy. In the words of the authors, "our purpose is to change the language of advocacy from its original meaning of one who speaks for-to one who speaks with." Advocacy is not a "one size fits all" kind of work. The authors examine the socio-historical context of advocacy work, its further development in the Civil Rights Era, and provide grounded examples of doing advocacy work at the school/community level, as well as at the policy level. The book intends to provide a working model of co-constructed advocacy to benefit all families"--

About the author

Beth Harry is a professor of special education and chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Miami, and coauthor of Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? Second Edition. Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg is a doctoral candidate at the University of Miami.

Summary

Presents a discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural-historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that have left a deeply entrenched stigma.

Product details

• Authors: Beth Harry, Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg
• Assisted by: Alfredo J Artiles (Editor), Alfredo J. Artiles (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780807763858
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6385-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Disability, Culture, and Equit; Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Education / Teaching, EDUCATION / Parent Participation, EDUCATION / Special Education / General