Families, Professionals and Exceptionality: A Special Partnership - Softcover

Ann P. Turnbull

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135685516 ISBN 13: 9780135685518

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1996

Synopsis

The book presents comprehensive, data-based, and conceptually consistent approaches for families and professionals to collaborate for empowerment. This newly revised book focuses on family-professional empowerment, offers a wealth of concrete, and time- tested strategies for building reliable alliances between families and educators, and is based on the belief that the most rewarding of living one's personal and professional life is through collaboration for empowerment.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Written by highly experienced special educators who are parents of a disabled child, this newly revised text focuses on family-professional empowerment, offers a wealth of concrete, and time-tested strategies for building reliable alliances between families and educators, and is based on the belief that the most rewarding of living one's personal and professional life is through collaboration for empowerment. Empowerment means knowing what you want, having the motivation to seek it out, and using your knowledge and skills to get what you want. Collaboration means sharing resources and creating a context that empowers families and professionals alike. The book presents comprehensive, data-based, and conceptually consistent approaches for families and professionals to collaborate for empowerment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0135685516
• ISBN 13: 9780135685518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 378