Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities: A Vision for the Future

by Martin Agran (Editor), Barbara Trader (Foreword), David L. Westling (Foreword)

What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today—and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities across the lifespan. Readers will fully examine more than a dozen critical topics in the lives of people with severe disabilities; explore necessary reforms to policy and practice; and set clear goals and priorities for improving early intervention, education, health care, behavior supports, and social services. Whether used as a textbook or a professional reference, this innovative volume will help usher in a new era of services that support full inclusion and quality of life for people with severe disabilities.

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ONLINE COMPANION This book comes with online PowerPoint slides for faculty, ideal for complementing and enhancing lessons.

448 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2013