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Life After High School: A Guide for Students with Disabilities and Their Families de Susan Yellin

Life After High School: A Guide for Students with Disabilities and Their Families

Autor Susan Yellin, Christina Cacioppo Bertsch
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2010

Observăm că majoritatea ghidurilor educaționale se concentrează pe performanța academică generală, însă Life After High School face un pas curajos dincolo de sala de clasă, abordând maturizarea ca pe un ecosistem complet. Spre deosebire de lucrările care tratează doar tranziția școlară, Susan Yellin și Christina Cacioppo Bertsch propun o hartă a independenței totale pentru tinerii cu dizabilități. Cine a studiat Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities de Meg Grigal va aprecia aici accentul pus pe latura juridică și administrativă a vieții de adult, nu doar pe strategiile de învățare.

Reținem organizarea extrem de riguroasă a volumului, care oglindește etapele firești ale desprinderii de mediul protejat al familiei. Autorii încep prin a clarifica „peisajul legal” și importanța creării unui istoric documentat („paper trail”), elemente critice pentru a asigura continuitatea sprijinului în învățământul superior din SUA. Credem că forța acestui manual rezidă în capitolele dedicate autonomiei personale: cum să gestionezi o problemă medicală fără ajutorul părinților sau cum să administrezi bugetul personal, aspecte care transformă un student într-un adult funcțional.

Scrisă într-un limbaj accesibil, limba engleză fiind clară și directă, cartea integrează povești reale ale unor studenți care au parcurs deja acest drum. Structura ne poartă prin examenele de admitere, vizitele în campus și, în final, către integrarea în câmpul muncii. Este o resursă premiată care nu doar oferă soluții logistice, ci construiește încrederea necesară pentru a naviga un sistem care, deși complex, devine accesibil prin informare corectă.

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ISBN-13: 9781849058285
ISBN-10: 1849058288
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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*Bronze Medal Winner in the Education / Academic / Teaching Category of the 2011 IPPY Awards*

* Bronze Medal Winner in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Education Category *

Graduating high school and moving on to further education or the workplace brings with it a whole new set of challenges, and this is especially true for students with disabilities. This useful book provides a complete overview of the issues such students and their families will need to consider, and outlines the key skills they will need in order to succeed once they get there.

The authors describe the legal landscape as it applies to students with disabilities in the USA, and how to obtain the proper disability documentation to ensure that the student receives the right support and accommodations in college. Focussing specifically on the issues that affect students with disabilities, they offer advice on everything from dealing with college entrance exams and the college application process, to selecting the right college, visiting the campus, and achieving medical and financial independence away from home. A list of further resources guides students and their families towards additional sources of information and support, and stories of students with disabilities who have made the transition from high school to further education or the workplace are included throughout.

This accessible and thoroughly readable book offers help and support to students with disabilities of all kinds, and their families, both before and during the transition to life after high school.

Recenzii

Both authors are well placed to to write this book. Yellin is an attorney and the mother of a child of difference and was inspired by her own experiences to create a centre for learning differences. Bertsch has worked as Director od Disabilities at a university and as a counsellor. She also set up and runs a centre to help find supportive colleges for students with different needs...The book is business like and serious in it's approach with no patronising banter; the reader is treated at all times with intelligence and respect. It is apparent from the introduction that the authors understand that disabilities are varied and complex and that each person has their own assets and needs... To start a book with the law is a brave move because most parents find the laws on disability confusing, frustrating and hard to grasp but the chapter is accessible and easy to read. It was also comforting to see an attorney recognise that such laws sound incredibly positive, inclusive and progressive but that the reality behind them, is, for many, not matched by the thetoric... At the end of each sub-section the authors have summarised the text with a few bullet points which I found very useful as it helped me to check that I had understood the text and could easily recall and later find areas of particular relevance to me...The authors help the student to break what can be an over whelming task into a process that narrows the multitude of options down to a functional level so that the student can choose from a small, select list...I would highly recommend this book for the US audience as it appears to cover all aspects of attaining an appropriate education for one's child There are many bits of advice that apply equally to those in Europe but because the laws and services differ across countries some of the information does not translate well. It si clearly written and ordered and for a book focusing, of necessity, so much on the law, it was surprisingly readable. We now need an equivalent book for the UK.
Here, Yellin, attorney and fouder of the nonprofit Center for Learning Differences, and Bertsch (former director, disability svcs., Fordham Univ.) provide students with disabilities and their parents an outstanding and highly readable guide to preparing for and transitioning to life after high school...An excellent resource for students with disabilities and their families; at this price, within reach for most people and libraries. Highly recommended.
"Life After High School" provides guidance to assist disabled young people in their efforts to pursue education, independence, and competency in life skills...This book is a useful resource for helping disabled students and their families plan for continuing education after high school. It addresses the specific needs of physical, mental, and learning disabilities, covering how to work with guidance counselors, how and when to take standarized tests, and the specific attributes that a college or university needs to have to help the disabled learner succeed...Perhaps most valuable is the book's overall approach: it addresses the whole person, and not just the disability.

Cuprins

Introduction. 1. The Legal Landscape. 2. Getting Started. 3. What's a Disability? 4. Creating a Paper Trail. 5. College Admissions Tests. 6. Selecting a College. 7. Application Advice. 8. The Campus Visit. 9. It's Off to Work We Go. 10. Medical Management without Mom. 11. Keys to Competence. 12. Pulling it all Together. 13. Money Matters. Resources. Notes. Index