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The author, a well-respected authority on special needs and inclusion of children with disabilities, weaves a pattern from his own personal experiences and practice into the form of a qualitative case study from the fictionally named community of Wabash....This book is well written and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in special education, recreation, and adaptive physical education, as well as for health care and education practitioners. -Choice The lessons learned by this researcher will benefit us all as we seek to serve all children in our out-of-school time programs. -National School-Age Care Alliance/School-Age Review ?The lessons learned by this researcher will benefit us all as we seek to serve all children in our out-of-school time programs.?-National School-Age Care Alliance/School-Age Review ?The author, a well-respected authority on special needs and inclusion of children with disabilities, weaves a pattern from his own personal experiences and practice into the form of a qualitative case study from the fictionally named community of Wabash....This book is well written and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in special education, recreation, and adaptive physical education, as well as for health care and education practitioners.?-Choice The book illustrates over and over that focusing on children's abilities and not disabilities increases the likelihood that participation will be enjoyable and competency-enhancing. Making a Place for Kids With Disabilities makes a significant contribution to our understanding of full community participation. Dr. Fink is commended for his insightful work. -Carl J. Dunst, Ph.D. Research Scientist Orelena Hawks Pucket Institute Asheville NC Making a Place for Kids With Disabilities is an extraordinary combination of beautiful storytelling and perceptive research that education and recreation professionals need to read. It will stimulate their creativity, as well as help them confront resistances, in the service of full participation of all children with disabilities in the joys of friendships and play. This book also reminds us all to place a much greater priority on facilitating social interactions among all children of varying abilities. -Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D. Education Director, Abilities Expo Special Needs Expert at Parents.com Cofounder, Former Editor in Chief, Exceptional Parent Magazine

?The author, a well-respected authority on special needs and inclusion of children with disabilities, weaves a pattern from his own personal experiences and practice into the form of a qualitative case study from the fictionally named community of Wabash....This book is well written and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in special education, recreation, and adaptive physical education, as well as for health care and education practitioners.?-Choice

""Making a Place for Kids With Disabilities is an extraordinary combination of beautiful storytelling and perceptive research that education and recreation professionals need to read. It will stimulate their creativity, as well as help them confront resistances, in the service of full participation of all children with disabilities in the joys of friendships and play. This book also reminds us all to place a much greater priority on facilitating social interactions among all children of varying abilities.""-Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D. Education Director, Abilities Expo ""Special Needs Expert"" at Parents.com Cofounder, Former Editor in Chief, Exceptional Parent Magazine ""The book illustrates over and over that focusing on children's abilities and not disabilities increases the likelihood that participation will be enjoyable and competency-enhancing. Making a Place for Kids With Disabilities makes a significant contribution to our understanding of full community participation. Dr. Fink is commended for his insightful work.""-Carl J. Dunst, Ph.D. Research Scientist Orelena Hawks Pucket Institute Asheville NC ?The author, a well-respected authority on special needs and inclusion of children with disabilities, weaves a pattern from his own personal experiences and practice into the form of a qualitative case study from the fictionally named community of Wabash....This book is well written and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in special education, recreation, and adaptive physical education, as well as for health care and education practitioners.?-Choice ?The lessons learned by this researcher will benefit us all as we seek to serve all children in our out-of-school time programs.?-National School-Age Care Alliance/School-Age Review ""The lessons learned by this researcher will benefit us all as we seek to serve all children in our out-of-school time programs.""-National School-Age Care Alliance/School-Age Review ""The author, a well-respected authority on special needs and inclusion of children with disabilities, weaves a pattern from his own personal experiences and practice into the form of a qualitative case study from the fictionally named community of Wabash....This book is well written and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students in special education, recreation, and adaptive physical education, as well as for health care and education practitioners.""-Choice

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DALE BORMAN FINK is a freelance consultant, author, and researcher. Dr. Fink is recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on the inclusion of children with disabilities in after school child care programs. His book, School-Age Children With Special Needs: What Do They Do When School Is Out?, is the key source on this topic. He has been a featured speaker at conferences across the United States as well as in Canada and Australia.

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