{"product_id":"case-studies-in-building-equity-through-family-a-a-companion-volume-to-meeting-families-where-they-are-9780807765340","title":"Case Studies in Building Equity Through Family A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou've read the history and the background, now meet the families! This companion book to \u003cem\u003eMeeting Families Where They Are\u003c\/em\u003e traces the advocacy journeys of 12 caregivers across a range of racial, ethnic, social, disability, economic, and family identities. The stories reflect the unique lives, histories, and needs of each family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents (Tentative)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Research Process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Snapshot of the Families\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifference, Intersectionality, and Critical Disability Studies (DisCrit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCo-Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Patty: “Even Though She’s His Mom, I Will Never Leave Him”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Desperately Seeking Support: First Encounters with Professionals and Organizations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReasons to Advocate: Minding the Gaps in Every Setting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Community That Excludes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnacting Advocacy across Multiple Settings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“People Appeared Out of Nowhere” The Helpers, Supporters and Co-Constructors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoals for The Future: “Nobody Does It Like You”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Let’s Resolve”: Patty’s Self-Reflections as an Advocate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollowing Up: Observing Patty in Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-COVID Update\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Jenny: “This is a Family”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Not Your Typical Medical Foster Home: “This Is a Big Family Setting”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViews from the Intersection: Disability, Mental Health, Puberty and Transition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding the Foster Care Linkage: Who are the Allies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNora Revealed: Advocacy and Self-Advocacy in Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-COVID Frustrations: “It Tore her Apart”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections of a Caregiver Advocate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Rhonda: “I Am Her Voice”: Fighting for Respect and a Normalized Adolescence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “We Just Have to Wait and See”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh School and Beyond: The IEP—“Just a Piece of Paper”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountering Negativity and Poor Communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSisters and Supporters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing a Teenager: Creating a Social Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Year Advocacy: Let Me Be Brave in My Attempt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe COVID-19 Pandemic: Virtual Learning as a “Blessing” and a Revelation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding Light at the End of the Tunnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhonda’s Reflections: The Meaning of Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Myra: “I Came With My Books as My Honor and My Weaponry”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Identity and Disability Intersections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA “Top-Tier Advocate”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocating for Identification and Services\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Early Transition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocacy Then and Now: Change within the Status Quo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Marie: “I Want Him to Have a Voice”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Twice-Exceptional Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“You Have to Meet this Mom!” Mother Love, Intuition and Seeing the Whole Child\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnacting Advocacy across Multiple Environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“She’s my Backup”: The Supporters, Helpers and Co-Constructors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Community Filling in the Gaps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOVID Follow Up: Restrictions, Racism and “Regular”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I’m Not Afraid of Anything”: Reflecting on Her Role as an Advocate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Ana: “Whatever You Need, I’m On Your Team”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Social and Cultural Capital: “I Know How to Speak to Them”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnacting Advocacy: “Autism is an Expensive Disorder”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigating Community and Social Experiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCo-Advocacy: Making the Ideal a Reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollowing up with the Outcomes of Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“My Fear Is Coming Out of It”: COVID-19 and Challenges of Social Distancing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I Wouldn’t Have it Any Other Way”: Ana’s Self-Reflections as an Advocate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Linda: “As a Mom, You Have Those Feelings, and You Do What You Have to Do”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Engaging With Professionals Before and After Delivery: “It Should be More Reassuring”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDismissals and Misunderstandings: “Give Him the Diagnosis That Was Appropriate”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocating Within the Family: Acceptance, Compromising, and Support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTony’s Emerging Adolescence: Fitting in or Not?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnacting Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnowing Who to Lean on: The Allies of Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-COVID: “We’ve Really Seen Him Flourish, Believe It or Not, in This Time”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections: “The Next Day is a New Day”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Sonia and Zoe: “Different Isn’t the End of the World”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “Hooray, Giselle”!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong Family Bonds, Strong Family Roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocacy Allies: Helpers and Supporters Who Made a Difference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifferent Contexts, Different Advocates: The Power of Social Perceptions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObservation: “There’s No Place Like That Place”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOVID Follow-Up: “We Got to Do Better”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocacy Reflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Carlos and Betty: “It’s Not About Me . . . It’s About Someone Who Needs Me”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Advocating Before Birth: “He’s Our Son, Of Course We Are Keeping Him”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentity, Culture and Disability: A Family Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocating within the Family: Intersections of Disability, Culture, and Socio-Economic Status\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnexpected Exclusions within the Disability Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllies of Advocacy: “Building Community”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObservation: “Since I know Him Better Than They Do”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOVID-19 and Updates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocacy Reflections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Althea: “We Are Warriors in Ourselves”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Intersections and Perceptions: Family, Identity and Disability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Encounters with Professionals: Dismissal without Diagnosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocating Across Contexts: Disability and Susceptibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllies of Advocacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturning to the Observation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCOVID-19 and Follow Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeech: “I Had to Make A Stand”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocacy Reflections: “There’s No Voice!”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Specializing in Human Beings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Do Parents Want? Value and Opportunity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Makes a Great Advocate?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Do Families Need for Their Advocacy to Be Effective? Reciprocity and Equity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRealistic Expectations But Hope for the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Teachers' College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527780376919,"sku":"9780807765340","price":33.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807765340.jpg?v=1731869215","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/case-studies-in-building-equity-through-family-a-a-companion-volume-to-meeting-families-where-they-are-9780807765340","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}