Description
Book SynopsisBringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in detail the school climates and social processes that place many children of color at risk of being assigned inappropriate disability labels.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Foreword to the Third Edition Alfredo J. Artiles ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Overview: Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education 39
- 3. School Structure: Institutional Bias and Individual Agency 58
- 4. Cultural Consonance, Dissonance, and the Nuances of Racism 74
- 5. In the Classroom: Opportunity to Learn 90
- 6. The Construction of Family Identity: Stereotypes and Cultural Capital 103
- 7. At the Conference Table: The Discourse of Identity Construction 122
- 8. Bilingual Issues and the Referral Process 143
- 9. Constructing Intellectual Disability: Cracks and Redundancies 153
- 10. Constructing Learning Disabilities: Redundancies and Discrepancies 161
- 11. Constructing Emotional/Behavior Disorders: From Troubling to Troubled Behavior 174
- 12. Into Special Education: Exile or Solution? 186
- 13. Conclusions and Recommendations 199
- Epilogue. Research Methods: Who Are We, and How Did We Do This Research? 213
- References 236
- Index 252
- About the Authors 259
