Family and Culture
I liked how this chapter stressed the importance of a good relationship between families and educators but also pointed out that families are often pulled to be actively involved in many aspects of their children's lives. For students with multiples disabilities, many different professionals may be trying to get involvement and time from parents. It's important that teachers don't have the unrealistic expectation that all families of children with disabilities can be extremely active in a child's education. Some parents must take a more passive role in the education of their child and leave most decision making to the teachers in order to delegate enough time to be involved in other areas of their child's life. With that being said, a strong and active relationship between families and teachers is extremely beneficial, and I think the best results are seen when the parents are able to be involved the education process.
That is a very good point. I can see that not every family has the time to be actively engaged in a childs education. In those particular cases the family has to place a lot of trust in their educator. You have to be very confident that what you are doing is best for the child.
ReplyDeleteI really like the point you are making about parents taking a more passive role in the child's education. It creates an independance for the student that will help them for the rest of their life. Not always having a parental figure dictating how they learn. On the flip side, I also agree that even if the parent takes a passive role it is beneficial if they are involved and, for lack of a better term, educated about what is going on in school. There needs to be a happy medium.
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