Kathryn Fishman-Weaver

When Your Child Learns Differently (eBook, ePUB)

A Family Approach for Navigating Special Education Services With Love and High Expectations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Advocating for a child who learns differently can sometimes feel like an isolating and daunting task. This book reminds families that they are not alone. When Your Child Learns Differently is a compassionate guide that:

• Helps families navigate special education services from the inside out.
• Offers targeted advice to families of children with a wide range of disabilities and challenges.
• Shares valuable information about special education language, policy, procedures, and supports.
• Reminds families that they are the most important advocates in their child's success plan.
• Draws on the author's experiences as both a parent and special education teacher.

Accessible and encouraging, this guide humanizes the journey of caring for children who learn differently. Readers will leave the book empowered with practical policy knowledge and energized by the belief that, with love and high expectations, almost anything is possible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sourcebooks Inc
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618219275
• Artikelnr.: 58386619

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver, Ph.D., is an educator, author, and advocate for student leadership. She has worked in special education, gifted education, language arts, and school administration, and is the author of "Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women."

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments About the Cover Image Introduction Part I: Navigating
Services With Hope and Knowledge Chapter 1 Caring for Kids Who Learn
Differently Chapter 2 Understanding Special Education Policy Chapter 3 IEP
Overview Part II: Advocating With Love Chapter 4 Family Advocacy Chapter 5
Raised on Love Part III: Operationalizing High Expectations Chapter 6 High
Expectations in Reading and Math Chapter 7 Exceptional Children, Different
Learners Part IV: Giving Yourself Grace Chapter 8 The (Extra)ordinary
Adventure of Raising Different Learners References About the Author