Elizabeth A. Harkins Monaco, L. Lynn Stansberry Brusnahan, Marcus C. Fuller, Martin O. Odima Jr.

Disability, Intersectionality, and Belonging in Special Education (eBook, PDF)

Socioculturally Sustaining Practices

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Disability, Intersectionality, and Belonging in Special Education focuses on preparing educators who use socioculturally sustaining practices, curricula, and instruction through an intersectional lens. This book empowers preservice students and special education practitioners and administrators to meet the needs of disabled individuals. Understanding the full range of requirements relating to socioculturally sustaining practices is imperative to working with individuals with disabilities as well as with their families and caregivers. Being able to understand and explain this complex issue to others is important and often necessary. Social injustices in special education are historical and systemic. Special education practitioners are typically unaware of the importance of intersectional differences because they have been prepared to address cultural perspectives only during awareness days or through specific units in curricula. At other times they discuss the topic diagnostically-for example, as part of an educational plan or when teaching English as a second language. Other issues stem from the value system of the special education practitioners themselves; some are not willing to engage in these concepts, while others prioritize treating all students the same by using the terms "fairness," "equity," and "colorblindness" to justify this treatment. Even when special educator practitioners attempt to address injustices on behalf of their students, they tend to center on only the student's disability, which means they are ignoring or erasing other aspects of their students' identities. These concerns highlight the importance of building the sociocultural competence of our teaching force. This book will help practitioners build this competence in their own spheres of influence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216330165
• Artikelnr.: 74841013

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth A. Harkins Monaco is a professor of special education at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She focuses on social and emotional development for students with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Section I: From the Culture of Disability-to-Disability Culture
Chapter 1: Historical and Modern Contexts of Culture and the Impact on
Belonging
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Culture
A Modern View of Culture
Cultural Expressions in Schools
Cultural Expressions in Schools
References
Chapter 2: Intersectionality in the Context of Disability
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
The Impact of Intersectional Sociocultural Identities
Intersectional Competence in Special Education
Summary
References
Chapter 3: Disability Culture in the Deaf and Autistic Communities
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Disability as a Sociocultural Identity
Disability Culture in Educational Contexts
Inequities in Education
Summary
References
Section II: Critical Theories that Influence our Views of Disability and
Race
Chapter 4: Critical Race Theory: The Dos, the Don'ts, the Already Dones, &
the Stop Doings
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
The History of CRT
The Do's: What is CRT?
The Don'ts: What CRT is Not
The Already Dones: Critical Race Theory in Education
Summary
References
Chapter 5: The Journey of Disability Studies: Contemplating Disability
Critically
Author Biographies
Abstract
Disability Studies
Discovering the Need for Critical Disability Studies
Seeking Racial Justice
Looking Forward
Summary
References
Chapter 6: The History of Disability, Disability Models, and a View for the
Future: The Past is Prologue
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Introduction to the History of Disability Rights in the United States
Models of Disability
The Language of Disability
Disability in the Media
Models of Disability in Education
Summary
References
Section III: Educational Frameworks that Champion Equity
Chapter 7: Intersectional Sociocultural Competency and Educational Equity
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Equity
Summary
References
Chapter 8: Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices: The What,
the Why, and the How
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
What and Why Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogy?
Embedding Practices into Special Education Teaching Frameworks
From Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices to Socioculturally
Sustaining Practices
Summary
References
Chapter 9: Educational Practices to Acknowledge and Incorporate Students'
Sociocultural Identities and Experiences
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Special Education
Now What: Remixed Education
Summary
References
Section IV: Social and Cultural Rights Movements that Impact Special
Education
Chapter 10: Disability Rights: The Impact of Social and Cultural Movements
on Special Education
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Ableism
Social and Cultural Rights Movements in the 20th Century
Disability as a Cultural Phenomenon
Effective Interventions for Increasing a Sense of Belonging
Summary
References
Chapter 11: The Push and Pull of the Litigation-Legislation-Litigation
Cycle
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
United States Special Education Law
Impact of Activism on Language
Inclusion and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Disproportionality
Educational Frameworks
Summary
References
Chapter 12: Intersectional Belonging in Special Education
Author Biographies
Abstract
Guiding Questions
Factors that Impact Special Education
Special Education's Impact
Creating a Sense of Belonging
Summary
References
Editor Biographies
Glossary