Empowering students with hidden disabilities : a path to pride and success

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Label

Empowering students with hidden disabilities : a path to pride and success

Title remainder

a path to pride and success

Statement of responsibility

by Margo Vreeburg Izzo, PhD, Program Director, Special Education and Transition Services, The Ohio State University, Nisonger Center Columbus, and LeDerick Horne, Poet, Speaker, Advocate, Entrepreneur

Creator

• Izzo, Margo Vreeburg

Contributor

• Horne, LeDerick

Subject

• EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities
• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Learning Disabilities
• People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
• College students with disabilities
• Students with disabilities -- Psychology
• School-to-work transition

Language

eng

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."--
• "Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities discusses critical topics for young people with hidden disabilities, such as self-advocating, developing positive relationships with mentors, planning for college, successful working life, interpersonal skills, and satisfying relationships"--

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DLC

Dewey number

378.0087

LC call number

LC4818.38

LC item number

.I99 2016