Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #648705 in Books
• Published on: 1995-11
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Card catalog description
Presents both the myths and the facts about disabilities.

Customer Reviews

Great resource for teachers and parents
I used this book as part of a training that I did for elementary teachers on invisible disablilities. I had the teachers do the assignements for children with disablities that they couldn't see. I got great reviews and I truely believe that it opened some teachers eyes to what their special students are facing on a daily basis.

Be aware of mistakes
While this book provides many good activities for teachers to use in their classroom to promote disability awareness, the authors' guidelines to use with children with disability are way off base. For example, under 'hearing loss' they suggest not to touch a hearing impaired child to get his attention so he will become conditioned to attend to your voice as a signal. While this will work for some children, it is not an appropriate suggestion for many deaf children who cannot hear anything even with hearing aids. When a mistake is made like this, it makes me reconsider the other recommended guidlines. I would highly suggest that before these guidelines are used, the reader check with the childs' parents or special education teacher to make sure they are appropriate for that child.

A useful handbook to help teachers and students.....
This is a world where we need to understand and help those in need, especially those kids with special education needs. The book has provided many useful checklists, questionaires, and ideas to help special education teachers share some thoughts and clearify some myths with other students in class and at school. Cute comics on almost every page make it more fun to read. If you are the one who would like to give a hand to those kids with special education needs, this is the book you must have at hand!