A Child, A Family, A School, A Community
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A Child, A Family, A School, A Community

A Tale of Inclusive Education

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Child, A Family, A School, A Community

A Tale of Inclusive Education

About this book

This book is a true story of one family's journey into inclusive education. Having previously been told that her son Benny had "failed to function" in two exclusionary special education classrooms in New York City, Berman's family set off in search of a school where Benny would be accepted for who he was, while having the opportunity to grow and flourish academically, socially, and emotionally alongside his brother, Adam. Connor's interest was piqued when Berman shared her desire to document the ways in which the new school community had supported Benny throughout the years. Together, they thought, surely other teachers, school and district level administrators, parents of children with and without disabilities, teacher educators, and student teachers, could learn from such a success story?

The result of their collaboration is this book in which Berman skillfully narrates episodes across time, describing ways in which children, teachers, educational assistants, parents, and a principal came to know Benny—developing numerous and often creative ways to include him in their classrooms, school, and community. Connor's commentaries after each chapter link practice to theory, revealing ways in which much of what the school community seems to "do naturally" is, in fact, highly compatible with a Disability Studies in Education (DSE) approach to inclusive education. By illuminating multiple approaches that have worked to include Benny, the authors invite educators and families to envision further possibilities within their own contexts.

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Yes, you can access A Child, A Family, A School, A Community by Diane Linder Berman, David J. Connor in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Theory & Practice. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword by Jan W. Valle
  4. Introduction
  5. Prelude: Summer 1972
  6. Chapter 1. Leaving a Restrictive Environment Behind
  7. Chapter 2. Climate
  8. Chapter 3. A Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE): How Appropriate Is Misery?
  9. Chapter 4. First Impressions: Instantaneous Behavior Shaping
  10. Chapter 5. Behavior: Addressing Impulsivity
  11. Chapter 6. Creating Classroom Community: Embracing Difference
  12. Chapter 7. Friendship: Reversing the Status Quo
  13. Chapter 8. Communication: Balancing High Expectations with Acceptance
  14. Chapter 9. Setting Goals: Letting the Child be the Guide
  15. Chapter 10. Extraordinary Extra Curriculars
  16. Chapter 11. The Informal Bending of Boundaries
  17. Chapter 12. Grade 5 in the Penthouse
  18. Chapter 13. Teaching in My City
  19. Chapter 14. Brothers
  20. Chapter 15. Graduating Boulder
  21. Ongoing Questions: Dialogue
  22. Epilogue
  23. Index