Audio 4.6: Salvador Moran Salvador, an early childhood special educator who works with diverse families, talks about the advantages and importance of involving the family in making decisions (running time: 1 min., 30 sec.). View TranscriptSalvador: It’s important to get the family involved. And so that’s, I think, that’s one of the biggest teaching…
Audio 4.5: Rosalia Fajardo Rosalia, a mother of child with disabilities, talks about her advocacy work and about how to help families be advocates for their children, especially for immigrant families (running time: 3 min., 01 sec.). View TranscriptRosalia: My first reaction, I still remember, was that “it cannot be” because I’m a lawyer…
Audio 4.4: Subarna Dharia Subarna, a pediatrician whose main interest in serving children with disabilities was inspired by her son who has global developmental delays, talks about the importance of making sure professionals listen to parents (running time: 1 min., 19 sec.). View TranscriptSubarna: I want the professionals to understand how difficult it is…
Audio 4.3: Samtra Devard Samtra, the mother of three children, including one who has a disability, talks about the need for families to be heard and for professionals to ask about parents’ hopes for their children (running time: 1 min., 53 sec.). View TranscriptSamtra: I spent probably the first 3 years looking for permission…
Audio 4.2: Janice Fialka Janice, the mother of two children, including Micah who has intellectual disabilities, talks about her experiences with teachers sometimes only focusing on the disability and not the whole child (running time: 1 min., 56 sec.). View TranscriptJanice: I remember one time a teacher called, saying, I have to talk to…
Audio 4.1: Perspectives of Dr. Beth Harry Dr. Beth Harry, a professor and chair of special education at the University of Miami, discusses the importance of earning the trust of parents from diverse backgrounds through demonstrating respect for their perspectives. Dr. Harry has described the transforming impact of her daughter with special needs on her…
Video 4.10: Maggie & Latesha – Firm ground conversation Maggie, a teacher in a child care center, and Latesha, a parent of a 4-year-old boy (Cameron), have a conversation about working together and learning from one another. This conversation highlights addressing challenging issues. (running time: 5 min. 02 sec.) View TranscriptSlide text: The…
Video 4.9: Maggie & Latesha – Middle ground conversation Maggie, a teacher in a child care center, and Latesha, a parent of a 4-year-old boy (Cameron), have a conversation about working together and learning from one another. This conversation highlights making shared decisions. (running time: 5 min. 23 sec.) View TranscriptMaggie: And I…
Video 4.8: Maggie & Latesha – Beginning ground conversation Maggie, a teacher in a child care center, and Latesha, a parent of a 4-year-old boy (Cameron), have a conversation about working together and learning from one another. This conversation highlights developing an initial friendly relationship (running time: 2 min., 35 sec.). View TranscriptMaggie:…
Video 4.4: Starting a relationship Clara, a practitioner, makes an initial home visit with a mother and describes how to begin a family-professional partnership, especially working with families from different cultural backgrounds. (running time: 2 min. 37 sec.) View TranscriptClara: Hello Ms. Gonzales. Thank you for letting me come. You have a beautiful…