Strategies for Including Everyone

Edited by Jan Nisbet, Ph.D., & David Hagner, Ph.D.

How can you fully include individuals with disabilities of all ages in every aspect of community life? In this groundbreaking book, the editors — authorities from the Institute on Disability in New Hampshire — show you how they've changed their community to better support and enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Through the voices of individuals with disabilities, their peers, families, professionals and community members, you'll hear real-life stories of successful (and unsuccessful) community inclusion — from early intervention through high school to entering the workforce. You'll see the challenges that face Lucy and her family as she enters a new preschool; you'll see Butch's efforts to reach his goal of owning his own home. Full of models and strategies on designing natural community supports rather than separate programs, this book shows you how to help individuals with disabilities like Lucy and Butch achieve their goals and benefit from inclusion. This cutting-edge book emphasizes inclusion as a lifelong process and offers creative problem-solving techniques that will enable you to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities in your community.

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword
John O'Brien
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Systemic Reform: One Organizational Perspective
   Jan Nisbet
   
   
2. Supporting People as Part of the Community: Possibilities and Prospects for Change
   David Hagner
   
   
3. Catching the Wind, Changing the Rules: Enhancing Community Options for Families of Young Children
   Debra Nelson, Leigh R. Zoellick, and Ann Donoghue Dillon
   
   
4. What Have We Learned About Creating Inclusive Elementary Schools?
   Susan Shapiro-Barnard, Frank Sgambati, Beth Dixon, and Grace Jeffrey Nelson
   
   
5. Supporting Students with Emotional Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
   Herb Lovett
   
   
6. Turning Points: The Story of High School Inclusion in New Hampshire
   Cheryl M. Jorgensen and Carol Tashie
   
   
7. Postcards on the Refrigerator: Changing the Power Dynamic in Housing and Assistance
   Jay Klein, Barbara Boyd Wilson, and Debra Nelson
   
   
8. A Multielement Approach to Creating Change in a State Employment System
   Jo-Ann Sowers, Kim Milliken, Patty Cotton, Shawna Sousa, Leslie Dwyer, and Kris Kouwenhoven
   
   
9. Consumer and Family Leadership: The Power to Create Positive Futures
   Mary Schuh and Beth Dixon
   
   
10. Witnessing the Possible for People with Disabilities
    Thomas M. Reischl
    
    

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