What mothers say about special education
from the 1960s to the present
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Author
Publication
2009 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, Ny, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16992016M
- Internet Archivewhatmotherssayab00vall
- Internet Archivewhatmotherssayab0000vall
- ISBN-100230606512
- ISBN-139780230606517
and 4 more
- LibraryThing9262682
- Library of Congress Control Number2008031123
- OCLC Control Number235027659
- Better World Books9780230606517
Classifications
- DDC371.90973
- LCCLC3981 .V24 2009
- LCCLC8-6691LB2801-3095Q
Description
This book documents the experiences of 15 mothers whose children labeled learning disabled attended public schools during the last four decades. Despite the right of parents to participate in educational decision-making, these mothers describe the challenge of exercising that right. In candid and compelling narratives, mothers speak to the language of experts, conflicts in shared decision-making, devaluation of "mother knowledge," and the influence of race, class, and gender. The constancy of issues suggests that this landmark legislation may, in fact, have engendered minimal changes in the lives of mothers and their children.
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