Overview

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today - and what should tomorrow’s professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan. Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and practice; and set clear goals and priorities for improving early intervention, education, health care, behaviour supports, and social services. Whether used as a textbook or a professional reference, this innovative volume will help usher in a new era of services that support full inclusion and quality of life for people with severe disabilities. Covers Today's Most Critical Topics: Addressing inequities in our educational and social services system Designing and delivering effective early intervention and education Expanding and improving inclusive education Supporting families of children with severe disabilities Resolving challenges to person-centered planning and self-determination Providing effective and respectful positive behaviour supports Improving access to the general curriculum Delivering effective literacy instruction to students with severe disabilities Removing barriers to friendships and social relationships Supporting students with health care needs in general education classrooms Promoting access to postsecondary education, employment, and community life Providing appropriate medical and social services to elderly individuals with severe disabilities Online Companion Materials: This book comes with online PowerPoint slides for faculty, ideal for complementing and enhancing lessons.

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Author:   Martin Agran ,  Fredda Brown ,  Carolyn Hughes ,  Carol Quirk
Publisher:   Brookes Publishing Co
Imprint:   Brookes Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.768kg
ISBN:  

9781598572704

ISBN 10:   1598572709
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   30 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

About the Online Companion Materials About the Editors Contributors Foreword David L. Westling and Barbara Trader Preface Acknowledgments I Foundations 1. Disability in the 21st Century: Seeking a Future of Equity and Full Participation, Michael Wehmeyer 2. Poverty and Disability: Addressing the Ties that Bind, Carolyn Hughes and Latanya L. Fanion 3. Forty Years of Living and Thriving with Disabilities: Perceptions of a Self-Advocate and Her Family, Michelle Sommerstein, Lynn Sommerstein, Robert Sommerstein, David Sommerstein, and Diane Ryndak 4. Person-Centered Planning and the Quest for Systems Change, John O'Brien 5. Promoting Self-Determination and Self-Directed Learning, Martin Agran and Carolyn Hughes 6. Providing Respectful Behavior Supports, Fredda Brown and Linda M. Bambara II Children and Youth 7. Early Intervention and Early Education, Lise Fox, Mary Frances Hanline, Juliann Woods, and Ann Mickelson 8. Inclusive Education and Meaningful School Outcomes, John McDonnell and Pam Hunt 9. Literacy and Communication, Susan Copeland, Elizabeth Keefe, and J.S. de Valenzuela 10. Social Interactions and Friendships, Erik W. Carter, Kristen Bottema-Beutel, and Matthew E. Brock 11. Access to the General Education Curriculum in General Education Classes, Fred Spooner, Bethany R. McKissick, Melissa E. Hudson, and Diane M. Browder 12. Serving Students with Health Care Needs, Donna Lehr III Adult Outcomes 13.Ensuring Employment Outcomes: Preparing Students for a Working Life, Michael Callahan, John Butterworth, Jane Boone, Ellen Condon, and Richard Luecking 14. Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, and Cate Weir 15. Evolving Narratives in Community Living, Lyle T. Romer and Pamela Walker 16. Serving an Elderly Population, Christine Bigby, Philip McCallion, and Mary McCarron 17. Medicaid Waivers and Medicare Support: A 21st-Century Perspective, Tom Nerney, Julie Marron, and Mike Head IV A Look Around and Ahead 18. Societal Inclusion and Equity Internationally: Initiatives, Illustrations, Challenges, and RecommendationsDiane Ryndak, Deborah S. Reed, Grzegorz Szumski, Ann-Marie Orlando, Joanna Smogorzewska, and Wei Gao 19. Future Directions and Possibilities, Martha E. Snell and Virginia L. Walker Index

Reviews

a A comprehensive, contemporary and coherent synthesis of the important issues concerning severe disabilities today and for the coming decade . . . simultaneously authoritative and progressive.a --Glen Dunlap, Ph.D.

The range of topics and depth of analysis make this a must have book for anyone interested in current issues in the field of severe disabilities. --Karrie A. Shogren, Ph.D. University of Kansas (09/09/2013)

Author Information

Martin Agran, Ph.D., is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Prior to this, he was a Professor of Special Education at Utah State University. Dr. Agran taught high school students with moderate to severe disabilities, was a Fulbright Scholar in the Czech Republic, and served as a consultant and visiting professor at Herzen University of St. Petersburg University, Russia. Dr. Agran's principal research interests include the education of students with severe disabilities, self-determination, transition, and the preparation of teachers of students with significant instructional needs. He has directed several federally funded grants in these areas. He is the associate editor of Research and Practice in Persons with Severe Disabilities (formerly JASH). He is also on the editorial board of several professional journals, and he is the co-editor, along with Dr. Michael L. Wehmeyer, of the American Association on Mental Retardation's research-to-practice publication, Innovations. He has published extensively in the professional literature and is the author of several books, including Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities: Basic Skills for Transition with Michael L. Wehmeyer and Carolyn Hughes (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1998), Teaching Problem Solving to Students with Mental Retardation with Michael L. Wehmeyer (American Association on Mental Retardation, 1999), and Student-Directed Learning: Teaching Self-Determination Skills (Brooks/Cole, 1997). Fredda Brown, Ph.D., is an affiliate of the Institute of Professional Practice in New Haven, Connecticut. Her work focuses on issues and practices for individuals with challenging behaviour, with a specific focus on the relationship between challenging behaviour, quality of life, and self-determination. Dr. Brown has published many articles and chapters in the area of severe disabilities and was co-editor with Donna Lehr of the book Persons with Profound Disabilities: Issues and Practices (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1989). Carolyn Hughes, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Project Director of the federally funded Metropolitan Nashville Peer Buddy Program. In 1990, she received her doctoral degree in special education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specialising in the areas of secondary transition and employment and self-management strategies. At Vanderbilt University, Dr. Hughes teaches courses in behaviour management and the transition from school to adult life and manages several federally funded research and personnel preparation grants. She conducts research and publishes widely in the areas of self-instruction and self-determination, supporting the transition from school to adult life, and social interaction and social inclusion of high school students. Dr. Hughes is a coauthor of Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities: Basic Skills for Successful Transition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1998) and is on the editorial board of the American Journal on Mental Retardation, Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Journal of Behavioral Education, and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. In addition, Dr. Hughes taught general and special education classes in public schools in Montana for 10 years. Carol Quirk, Ph.D., is Co-Executive Director of the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education. Diane Ryndak, Ph.D., is Professor of Special Education at University of Florida.

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