Working with Families for Inclusive Education

Dick Sobsey, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Kate Scorgie, San Diego, CA, USA

• Introduction SECTION 1: PERSONAL AND FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON INCLUSION: NAVIGATING IDENTITY, OPPORTUNITY AND BELONGING 1. Ability and opportunity in the rearview mirror; Emma van der Klift and Norm Kunc 2. “I could have so easily been excluded”: Exploring narratives of inclusion and exclusion in the lives of professional performers with disabilities; Sara E. Green and Shawn C. Bingham 3. A game of give and take: My journey through special education and inclusion; Heidi L. Janz 4. The Ecocultural Project of family life; David McConnell and Amber Savage 5. The gift of belonging: From parents to society - Gregor Wolbring 6. Parental perspective about inclusive education in the Pacific; Umesh Sharma and Sivendra Michael 7. An emancipatory stance regarding fathers of children with disabilities; Keith W. Allred 8. Broadening family perspectives: The experiences of fathers and siblings when a child has chronic illness or disability; Kate Scorgie 9. My special sister; Maria Pacine and Vanessa Morelli SECTION 2: FOSTERING COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR INCLUSION: FRAMEWORKS AND STRATEGIES 10. ‘Diagnosing the need’ or ‘in need of a diagnosis’? Reconceptualizing educational need; Juho Honkasilta 11. Father and Son; Dick Sobsey 12. Hidden voices: Parents’ perspectives on the barriers to and facilitators of inclusion on their preschool children with disabilities; Susan R. Warren 13. 40 years of inclusive education advocacy: A personal perspective; Bruce Uditsky 14. Toward a vision of inclusive learning communities: It takes the village; Jennifer Katz 15. Rethinking Individual Education Plans: Searching for a better way; Dick Sobsey 16. Engaging parent strengths for inclusion: The power of optimism, hope, and courage; Laura Nota, Maria Cristina Ginevra, Ilaria di Maggio and Salvatore Soresi 17. Being a parent and a teacher: Personal reflections; Emma Barrett 18. Transition post-school: Five steps toward reducing the hurdles; Marion Shields Conclusion 19. So you think we can trust? [Re-]building home—school collaboration with families of children with disability; Kate Scorgie and Dick Sobsey

People with disabilities and their family members as well as education professionals and scholars contribute perspectives on inclusive education. The topics include a game of give and take: my journey through special education and inclusion, a parental perspective on inclusive education in the Pacific, my special sister, hidden voices: parents' perspectives on the barriers to and facilitators of inclusion on their preschool children with disabilities, rethinking individual education plans: searching for a better way, and transition post-school: five steps toward reducing the hurdles.