Title Schooling without labels : parents, educators, and inclusive education / Douglas Biklen

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) Series Health, society, and policy Health, society, and policy. Contents Preface; I. Achieving Regular Lives; II. The Inclusion Philosophy; III. Escape from Client Status; IV. The Myth of Clinical Judgment; V. Two Students, One Myth; VI. A Case of Inclusion: Individual or Schoolwide Change?; VII. The Inclusive School; VIII. Epilogue: Equality among Equals; References; Index Summary "By closely examining the experiences of six families whose children with disabilities are full participants in family life, Douglas Bilken shows how people who have been labeled disabled might become full participants in other areas of society as well. Biklen focuses on the contradictions between what some families have achieved, what they want for their children, and what society and its social policies allow. He demonstrates how the principles of inclusion that govern the lives of these families can be extended to education, community life, and other social institutions." "The parents who tell their stories here are not typical. All have actively sought their children's inclusion in regular schools and community settings; several have children with severe or multiple disabilities. They are determined, combative, and resilient people, whose narratives show the love, pride, and respect they feel for their children. In disussing issues such as normalization, acceptance, complete schooling, circles of friends, and community integration, these parents describe the challenge and need for their children to "lead regular lives." Biklen observes that being identified as disabled and receiving increased attention has not necessarily resulted in greater options for students or their parents or more control over their destinies." "The author addresses the concept of disability and describes how labels damage people. He asks: How would society have to alter its values, its notion of excellence, its evaluation of individuals, its language, its forms of mutual support, in order to adopt the vision that a person with disabilities is a full participant in everyday life? Schooling without Labels challenges our notions of "normal," and "handicapped" as well as our notion of "education.""--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States Children with disabilities -- Education -- Ontario -- Toronto Mainstreaming in education -- United States Mainstreaming in education -- Ontario -- Toronto Inclusive education -- United States EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Learning Disabilities. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities. Children with disabilities -- Education Inclusive education Mainstreaming in education Behinderung Integration Kind Regelschule Ontario -- Toronto United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781439903667 1439903662 0877228752 9780877228752 0877228760 9780877228769

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