Audio 4.2: Janice Fialka

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Video 4.2: The family’s viewpoint

Video 4.2: The family’s viewpoint   Aaron, the father of little Aaron, a 4-year-old boy in a preschool classroom, shares his story and goals for his family’s future. (running time: 1 min. 37 sec.)   View TranscriptAaron: I’m grateful for the program that my two youngest children are in. I’m a single-parent of 5. I’ve…

Video 4.1: The teacher’s viewpoint

Video 4.1: The teacher’s viewpoint   China, a teacher in a large, full-day child care center shares a dilemma about how to express her concerns about little Aaron, a 4-year-old boy in her class, with his father Aaron. (running time: 2 min. 12 sec.)   View TranscriptChina: I’ve been teaching young children for over 3…

Audio 3.6: Susan’s perspective (David’s mother)

Audio 3.6: Susan’s perspective (David’s mother) The mother of David, a 4-year old with language delays, shares her perspective addressing her son’s goals (running time: 0 min., 57 sec.).   View TranscriptSusan: We are lucky that we have some wonderful professionals helping David and us. I really like his therapist and she is full of…

Audio 3.2: Vera Stroup-Rentier

Audio 3.2: Vera Stroup-Rentier Vera Stroup-Rentier has worked in the field of early intervention as a teacher, family service coordinator, and program coordinator, as well as in the field of early childhood as a classroom teacher and center director. She shares advice on communication and stresses the importance of having an open mind (running time:…