Equity & Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities : A Vision for the Future

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today - and what should tomorrow’s professionals do to address them?

Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan.

Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and practice; and set clear goals and priorities for improving early intervention, education, health care, behaviour supports, and social services.

Whether used as a textbook or a professional reference, this innovative volume will help usher in a new era of services that support full inclusion and quality of life for people with severe disabilities. Covers Today's Most Critical Topics:Addressing inequities in our educational and social services systemDesigning and delivering effective early intervention and educationExpanding and improving inclusive educationSupporting families of children with severe disabilitiesResolving challenges to person-centered planning and self-determinationProviding effective and respectful positive behaviour supportsImproving access to the general curriculumDelivering effective literacy instruction to students with severe disabilitiesRemoving barriers to friendships and social relationshipsSupporting students with health care needs in general education classroomsPromoting access to postsecondary education, employment, and community lifeProviding appropriate medical and social services to elderly individuals with severe disabilitiesOnline Companion Materials: This book comes with online PowerPoint slides for faculty, ideal for complementing and enhancing lessons.