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Learning Resources

Required Resources:

  • Course Text: Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education
    • Chapter 3, "Collaborating With Parents and Families in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society" (pp. 90–113, 116–117, 120–123, 124–126)

  • Article: Bruns, D., & Corso, R. (2001). Working with culturally & linguistically diverse families. ERIC Digest. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED455972)

  • Article: Warger, C. (2001). Cultural reciprocity aids collaboration with families. ERIC/OSEP Digest. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED457633)

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Suggested Reading and Resources

  • "My Child's Special Needs: A Guide to the Individualized Education Program"
    http://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html#disagree
     

    Application: Special Needs from a Variety of Perspectives

    Interview with a Family Member of a Child with Special Needs or with a Person with Special Needs

    For your final Application this week, you have a choice of interviewing an adult family member of a child with special needs or a person (an older student or adult) with special needs.

    To complete this Application, do the following:

    Plan: Choose a person to interview. Explain that the purpose of the interview is to help you better understand the strengths and challenges of people with special needs and their families. Here are additional tips to help plan for your interview:

    • Confirm the best way to conduct the interview - face to face, by phone, or by e-mail. Agree on a date and time. Be sure you have the correct phone number or e-mail address, as well as permission to do the interview.
    • Ask the age and category(ies) of special needs of the person you are speaking with, or of the child in the family, to help you prepare for the interview.
    • If you are interviewing a family member, review the readings from this week and other related readings from the course.
    • Review information about the relevant category(ies) of special needs. Pay particular attention to overgeneralizations and stereotypes that you do not want to bring to the conversation.
    • If you plan to tape-record the interview, test your recorder to be sure it works.

    Interview:

    • Click on the link below to download and print out the document for the type of interview you will do. Each provides sample questions to ask:

    Interview with a Family Member of a Child with Special Needs (in Microsoft Word .doc)

    Interview with a Person with Special Needs (in Microsoft Word .doc)

    • Listen carefully to the person's answers. You may need to ask additional questions to better understand a point. Keep in mind the following guidelines:
      • Remember that this is one person's experience and perspective.
      • Be respectful of the person's time and be sure to thank the person for his or her cooperation.
      • Remember that this interview experience is a chance for you to learn; not a time to criticize or offer advice or information.

    Reflect: Review your notes or listen to the recording of the interview. For this Application, submit:

    • A summary of the interview experience including insights and new thinking you gained from talking with this person with special needs or their family member, as well as any personal stereotypes, assumptions, or misconceptions this interview helped to dispel
    • How this experience will help with your future work as a child development professional

    Assignment length: 2 pagesTo access this information as a PDF, you will need the free Adobe® Reader® software.

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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