Empowering students with hidden disabilities : a path to pride and success / by Margo Vreeburg Izzo, PhD, Program Director, Special Education and Transition Services, The Ohio State University, Nisonger Center Columbus and LeDerick Horne, Poet, Speaker, Disability Advocate.
Izzo, Margo Vreeburg, author.; Horne, LeDerick, author.
2016
LC4818.38 .I99 2016
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Empowering students with hidden disabilities : a path to pride and success / by Margo Vreeburg Izzo, PhD, Program Director, Special Education and Transition Services, The Ohio State University, Nisonger Center Columbus and LeDerick Horne, Poet, Speaker, Disability Advocate.
Author
Izzo, Margo Vreeburg, author.
ISBN
9781598577358 (paperback)
9781598577358
9781681251141 (e-book)
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations
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LC4818.38 .I99 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.0087
Summary
"How can you empower students with invisible disabilities to manage their challenges, accept and advocate for themselves, and reach their goals and dreams? This guidebook has inspiring and informative answers. Told with the authentic voices of adults with hidden disabilities, this encouraging, eye-opening book will help you guide students on the path to disability pride and support their success in the classroom and community. Personal stories blend with powerful strategies as the authors share reflections on their experience with disability--and offer up practical teaching tips and interventions based on the latest research. An essential resource for educators, families, and self-advocates, this book will help students with non-visible disabilities dare to dream big and unlock their full potential.DISCOVER HOW TO promote disability pride within students, schools, and communities teach critical life skills, including social-emotional, executive function, reading, and coping skills reduce the stigma of hidden disabilities; develop mentoring programs that connect students with advice and encouragement; assist college students as they navigate the challenges of campus life and classes; prepare young adults to launch fulfilling careers and responsible, self-determined adult lives; help students develop authentic and meaningful relationships with others support students with a range of hidden disabilities, including ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral disturbance PRACTICAL MATERIALS: A helpful "Path to Disability Pride" framework that readers can use to track their own path to pride or help advocate for someone else's ready-to-use Teaching Tips for the classroom; candid stories from and interviews with people who have hidden disabilities. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Horne, LeDerick, author.
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Machine generated contents note: DARE TO DREAM: Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities About the Authors (Margo Vreeburg Izzo and LeDerick R. Horne) Foreword Dan Habib Preface Acknowledgments 1. Why Do So Many People with Hidden Disabilities Struggle? 2. Disability Pride: Assisting Self-Advocates Dare to Dream 3. The Power of Mentoring 4. Transition GPS: Planning for College and Careers 5. College Life: Valuable Life Lessons In the Classroom and on Campus 6. Daring for the Dream Career: Living a Life of Value 7. The Last Transition: Disability Pride and Quality Relationships with Bill Bauer.

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