Families, Professionals, and Exceptionality: Collaborating for Empowerment

摘要: I. UNDERSTANDING EMPOWERMENT. 1. Historical and Current Roles of Families Parents. 2. Schools as Systems: The Context for Family-Professional Collaboration. 3. Empowerment. 4. Building Reliable Alliances. II. FAMILIES. 5. Family Characteristics. 6. Interaction. 7. Functions. 8. Life Cycle. III. COLLABORATING FOR 9. Communicating among Allies. 10. Meeting Families' Basic Needs. 11. Referring Evaluating Special Education. 12. Individualizing Appropriate 13. Extending Learning into Home Community. 14. Attending Volunteering at School. 15. Advocating Systems Improvement. Appendix A. B. References. Index.