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PublisherTeacher's College Press

ISBN-100807763845

ISBN-139780807763841

eBay Product ID (ePID)8038605877

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameMeeting Families Where They Are : Building Equity Through Advocacy with Diverse Schools and Communities

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSpecial Education / General, General, Parent Participation

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorLydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Beth Harry

SeriesDisability, Culture, and Equity Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-000695

Reviews"Harry and Ocasio-Stoutenburg (both, Univ. of Miami) combine academic expertise with personal experience as parents of children with disabilities in this informative and emotionally driven work. The book provides a qualitative examination of the treatment of children with disabilities and their families using an intersectional approach through the lens of 'DisCrit,' a combination of disability studies and critical race theory. Though the volume is intended for educators and academics, it also provides hope, suggestions, and a look into oppressive societal structures that would be useful for parents who advocate for their own disabled children." --CHOICE, "This book is a remarkable account of the legacy of advocacy among parents of children with disabilities in the U.S., with particular attention to the experiences of parents of color. Centered in the theoretical frameworks of DisCrit and intersectionality, the authors take readers through a critical, historical journey of how disabilities have been socially constructed, how parents' voices have been disregarded by professionals, and how collective parental advocacy efforts have evolved over time." --Teachers College Record

Table Of ContentContents (Tentative) Acknowledgments?vii 1.?Constructing Meanings of Human Difference at the Intersections of Identity: Personal and Conceptual Considerations?1 The Authors? Lenses?3 DisCrit: A Lens for Viewing Family and Community Intersections?4 The Co-Construction of Advocacy?8 Overview of the Book?8 Qualitative Vignettes and Authors? Reflections?10 2.?Parent Advocacy and the Challenge of Difference?13 Personal Perspectives?14 Goals and Avenues of Advocacy ?16 Why Advocacy for the Value of the Child??18 3.?Constructing Race and Disabilities as Intrinsic Differences: A Cultural-Historical View?25 ?Intrinsic? Attributions: From the Supernatural to Science?25 Conquest, Slavery, and Colonization: The Intertwining of Race, Disability, and ?Normality??28 Families with Developmentally Disabled Children in the 19th Century?32 The 20th Century: The Hegemony of Intelligence as a Measurable Construct?36 The 20th Century and the Disempowerment of Parents?42 4.?Parent Voices Rising: Challenging Constructions of Difference?49 Advocacy and the Judges?49 Parents? Published Narratives?51 The Emergence of Advocacy Organizations?59 Exposing the Institutions?65 5.?The Social Construction of Humanness?71 The Meaning of Disability?75 The Painful Contours of Parent Advocacy?77 6.?Advocacy Toward the EHA: Converging Interests and Intersections?93 Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Vehicle?93 The Construction of Disability Under the Law?96 The Label as a Negotiating Tool?102 The Label as Exclusion or Confusion?107 7.?Parent Advocacy Under the Umbrella of the EHA/IDEA?109 Challenges of Racism, Ethnocentrism, and Context?110 Parent Advocacy: The Law as the Obstacle?125 8.?Reframing Advocacy, Repositioning the Advocate?139 De-Constructing Advocacy?140 Revisiting Our Guiding Principles?145 Co-Constructing Advocacy: Developing a New Model?151 Forging Ahead?157 The Next Chapter?158 References?161 Index?175 About the Authors?184

Synopsis?Harry and Ocasio-Stoutenburg combine academic expertise with personal experience as parents of children with disabilities in this informative and emotionally driven work.? ?CHOICE ?A remarkable account of the legacy of advocacy among parents of children with disabilities in the U.S.? ?Teachers College Record This book presents an in-depth discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural?historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that has left a deeply entrenched stigma?one that positions children with disabilities and children of color as less valuable than others. To redress these inequities, the authors offer a working model of co-constructed advocacy designed to benefit all families. Because advocacy is not a ?one size fits all? endeavor, the authors propose meeting families where they are and learning their strengths and needs, while preparing and repositioning families to empower themselves. Book Features: Takes a cultural?historical view that explores the reasons why individuals with disabilities are so stigmatized. Shows how the intersection of different stigmatized identity markers, such as poverty, race, and language, have been woven into negative interpretations of ?difference.? Celebrates the history of parent advocacy in the United States since World War II. Examines how social and racial privilege have dictated which parent voices are heard. Proposes collaborative approaches that can produce more authentic and more representative advocacy. Explores the motivations and purposes that drive parent advocacy., Presents a discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural-historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that have left a deeply entrenched stigma., "Harry and Ocasio-Stoutenburg combine academic expertise with personal experience as parents of children with disabilities in this informative and emotionally driven work." --CHOICE "A remarkable account of the legacy of advocacy among parents of children with disabilities in the U.S." --Teachers College Record This book presents an in-depth discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more authentically inclusive vision of parental advocacy. The authors provide a cultural-historical view of the conflation of racism, classism, and ableism that has left a deeply entrenched stigma--one that positions children with disabilities and children of color as less valuable than others. To redress these inequities, the authors offer a working model of co-constructed advocacy designed to benefit all families. Because advocacy is not a "one size fits all" endeavor, the authors propose meeting families where they are and learning their strengths and needs, while preparing and repositioning families to empower themselves. Book Features: Takes a cultural-historical view that explores the reasons why individuals with disabilities are so stigmatized. Shows how the intersection of different stigmatized identity markers, such as poverty, race, and language, have been woven into negative interpretations of "difference." Celebrates the history of parent advocacy in the United States since World War II. Examines how social and racial privilege have dictated which parent voices are heard. Proposes collaborative approaches that can produce more authentic and more representative advocacy. Explores the motivations and purposes that drive parent advocacy.

LC Classification NumberLC4031.H3718 2020