Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sicknessa quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditionshas contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanize the market and the administrative state. In their new Introduction the authors relate the argument of their book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the country's future. With this new edition one of the most influential books of recent times takes on a new immediacy.\

Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

There has been increasing recognition of the importance of asking more positive questions about the perceptions and experiences of families of children with developmental disabilities How

Positive perceptions in families of children with developmental disabilities

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Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

This review identifies research-based definitions of ideal collaborative relationships between special education professionals and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) families of children with disabilities, examines research on actual collaboration with such families, and makes recommendations regarding improvement of such collaboration. The main sources of literature are research and opinion publications in peer-reviewed journals and books by leading scholars. The review concludes that barriers to the implementation of ideal practices include deficit views of CLD families, cross-cultural misunderstandings related to the meanings of disability, differential values in setting goals for individuals with disabilities, and culturally based differences in caregivers' views of their roles. Recommendations for change and improvement focus on personnel preparation and on implementing existing models of effective practice.

Collaboration with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families: Ideal versus Reality

The debate about school inclusion in Brazil has become more and more a true collision, provoking controversy, stridency and polarization. One of the largest impacts is taking place in the arena of Special Education, in which one of the recurrent arguments is the proposition that deals with a new paradigm that should radically alter the education of children and youngsters with special educational needs in the Brazilian context. In order to "illuminate" rather than to "warm up" this debate, we intend, first, to contextualize the historical roots of the movement. Secondly, we examine the possible impacts of school inclusion and full inclusion on the Brazilian educational system. In conclusion, we discuss the thesis that we have to face the challenge of dealing with the contradiction of an imported ideology that represents an alignment to the latest fashion, but that at the same time can be one of the strategies used to overcome chronic problems of special education in the country.

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A radicalização do debate sobre inclusão escolar no Brasil

A review of research was conducted on family reactions to having a child with a disability. From this review, a conceptual framework was developed to locate the major research orientations that developed over the last century. Two new strands have emerged in more recent research, and the review explores how these approaches promise more useful interpretive frames for efforts to improve linkages between families and schools.

A Place in the Family An Historical Interpretation of Research on Parental Reactions to Having a Child with a Disability

Transitions within families are socially constructed processes that need to be understood in both their historical and their cultural context. This study explored how parents interpret the events a...

Generations of Hope: Parental Perspectives on the Transitions of Their Children with Severe Retardation from School to Adult Life

Qualitative Research in Special Education: Notes toward an Open Inquiry Instead of a New Orthodoxy?:

The paper describes an emerging model for dramatically restructuring disability policy in America. This model for policy reform attempts to escape the excessive individualism and loss of community that many social critics find at the heart of our current "system" of disability services. First, we review the failures of the existing melange of disability programs. The sociological construct of mediating structures is used to understand how these programmatic failures have tended to perpetuate the social isolation of people with disabilities and their families. Then we identify some common features of progressive reform efforts now occurring within the field of developmental disabilities. We argue that, taken together, these features outline a new model for disability policy that can renew a sense of community and mutual support. Examples of programs consistent with the Supported Community Life Model are presented from the specific area of family policy. The paper concludes with some cautionary comments abo...

Supported Community Life Disability Policy and the Renewal of Mediating Structures

(1998). The Future of Inclusive Educational Practice: Constructive Tension and the Potential for Reflective Reform. Childhood Education: Vol. 74, Continuing Tensions in Education, pp. 302-308.

Philip M. Ferguson

Papers

A Place in the Family An Historical Interpretation of Research on Parental Reactions to Having a Child with a Disability

Generations of Hope: Parental Perspectives on the Transitions of Their Children with Severe Retardation from School to Adult Life

Qualitative Research in Special Education: Notes toward an Open Inquiry Instead of a New Orthodoxy?:

Supported Community Life Disability Policy and the Renewal of Mediating Structures

The Future of Inclusive Educational Practice: Constructive Tension and the Potential for Reflective Reform