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| ISBN: | 9781461489849
1461489849
1461489830
9781461489832
9781461489832
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2013).
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| Summary: | Poverty. Lack of social support. Limited access to education. High risk for health problems. Indigenous communities face an inordinate number of hardships. But when children have special needs, these problems multiply exponentially, making existing difficulties considerably worse. School-Parent Collaborations in Indigenous Communities: Providing Services for Children with Disabilities begins with an in-depth overview of indigenous experience and psychology, and situates disabilities within the contexts of indigenous communities and education services. The pilot study at the core of the book, conducted among the Bedouins of southern Israel, shows this knowledge in action as special education personnel engage parents in interventions for their children. Going beyond facile concepts of cultural sensitivity, the model recasts professionals as cultural mediators between school and family. This practice-oriented information has the potential to improve not only the well-being of children and families, but of the greater community as well.
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| Other form: | Print version: Manor-Binyamini, Iris. School-Parent Collaborations in Indigenous Communities : Providing Services for Children with Disabilities. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2013 9781461489832
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-8984-9
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