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Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities: Applications for Person Centered Planning, Dual Diagnosis, and Crisis Intervention
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Reiss, Steven – National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, 2009
Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities identifies the 12 human needs most relevant to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, autism and related developmental disabilities. It includes detailed, practical suggestions for caregivers or parents interested in the happiness, quality of life, and self-determination of their loved ones or…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Quality of Life
Witnessing Whiteness: First Steps toward an Antiracist Practice and Culture
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Tochluk, Shelly – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
The book describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white educators toward ineffective teaching pedagogy and poor relationships with students and colleagues of color. Questioning the…
Descriptors: Race, Multicultural Education, Personal Narratives, Educational Change
Winning Through Cooperation: Competitive Insanity--Cooperative Alternatives.
Orlick, Terry – 1978
How games influence the psychological and social development of children is examined. It is pointed out that the current emphasis on competition and winning at all costs is harmful and that competition is not instinctive but a learned response to society's expectations. Other cultures such as the Eskimo and Chinese are presented as examples of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Childrens Games