Parent Involvement in Programs for Exceptional Students

Catalog description

Parents and families as the context for growth, development and learning; similarities and differences in family structures and parenting styles in various groups; parents and family members as teachers and collaborators with educators; ways in which education and intervention programs build and expand upon the foundation provided by parents; parental and family responses to and coping with a child with special needs; how educators form constructive educational partnerships with parents; awareness of community resources for parents and their children.