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Title A guide to high school success for students with disabilities / edited by Cynthia Ann Bowman and Paul T. Jaeger ; foreword by Chris Crutcher
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004

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Description xvii, 181 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword -- Chris Crutcher -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- -- Section I. Historical Background and Legal Rights -- Introduction -- The Meaning of Inclusion: The Educational Experiences -- of One Teacher with a Disability -- Pamela K. DeLoach -- Kick at the Darkness: Integration, Education, and the -- Struggle for Legal Rights for Individuals with Disabilities -- Paul T. Jaeger -- -- Section II. Culture and Society -- Introduction -- We're Just More Accommodating -- Krista with Jessica -- Don't Make Fun of My Sister -- Michael -- My Best Friend Has Cancer -- High School Senior -- -- -- -- -- -- Disability in Culture; Disability as Culture -- Paul T. Jaeger -- Feature Films: Public Perception of Disability -- Rhonda S. Black -- Images of Disability in Literature -- Cynthia Ann Bowman and Paul T. Jaeger -- -- Section III. Interactions and Relationships -- Introduction -- Sight and Insight: My Life in Public School -- David W. Hartman -- Extracurricular Activities and Students with Disabilities -- Cynthia Ann Bowman -- Dating Considerations for Adolescents with Disabilities -- Phyllis A. Gordon and Molly K. Tschopp -- -- Section IV. Academic Issues -- Introduction -- Volunteering to Rediscover Myself -- High School Junior -- We Carved Pumpkins and Learned from Each Other -- Cindy -- Experiences of High School Students with Disabilities -- Moving On: Ideas for You to Make Your Transition to -- High School Great! -- Allison P. Dickey -- Managing Educational Supports: Advice from Students -- with Disabilities -- Ann I. Nevin with Stephen, Jamie, and Joanie -- Curriculum: To Run the Race -- Cynthia Ann Bowman -- Libraries, Media Centers, Online Resources, -- and the Research Process -- Tom McNulty -- After High School? -- Cynthia Ann Bowman -- -- -- -- -- -- Curriculum and Disability: Pedagogical Considerations -- for Teachers -- Cynthia Ann Bowman -- Section V. Advocacy for All -- Introduction -- I Don't Like the Term Disability -- Cheryl -- An Important Lesson -- High School Student -- Advocacy, Empowerment, and Inclusion: Equal Educational -- Opportunities for All -- Paul T. Jaeger and Cynthia Ann Bowman -- Appendix I: Suggested Readings Related to Disabilities -- Appendix II: Online Resources for Students with Disabilities -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Teenagers with disabilities -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Academic achievement -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.
Author Bowman, Cynthia Ann, 1958-
Jaeger, Paul T., 1974-
LC no. 2004053041
ISBN 0313328323 alkaline paper