Success for All Students: Promoting Inclusion in Secondary Schools Through Peer Buddy Programs - Softcover

Hughes, Carolyn; Carter, Erik W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205424201 ISBN 13: 9780205424207

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

This book provides a complete, step-by-step guide to practitioners and administrators for establishing service-learning peer buddy programs in secondary school settings.

 

The book presents: (a) a rationale for using service-learning peer buddy programs to promote inclusion; (b) benefits to participants (e.g., school administration, teachers, students, parents); (c) recommended strategies for establishing and implementing programs in inclusive, extracurricular, and community-based settings; and (d) strategies for evaluating and sustaining programs long-term.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Make a Peer Buddy Program part of your inclusive secondary school setting!

The reviews are in…
“When people finish reading this book, they are empowered to get started and do something.”
Linda Schwartz Green, Centenary College

“The authors capture the essence of service learning not as a charity program but one in which both parties learn and grow.”
C. Bobbi Hansen, University of San Diego

Success for All Students: Promoting Inclusion in Secondary Schools Through Peer Buddy Programs provides a complete, step-by-step guide for teachers and administrators who want to establish a service-learning peer buddy program in their secondary schools.

Recommended strategies for establishing and implementing programs in inclusive, extracurricular, and community-based settings are included throughout the text, as well as useful tips for evaluating and sustaining these programs long-term. Proven methods for increasing the social and academic participation of secondary students with disabilities make this book a unique and much-needed resource for those educators committed to building inclusive learning communities in their middle and high schools.

• First book to connect service-learning programs with inclusion efforts and access to general education for secondary-age students with disabilities.
• Provides a step-by-step guide for establishing school-wide peer buddy programs in which general education peers support students with disabilities in inclusive settings.
• The impact of the No Child Left Behind Act and the research basis for inclusion are addressed in the context of establishing a program.
• Discusses specific examples of implementation strategies using the Peer Buddy Program as a model.
• Includes reproducible forms and resources, field-tested with general and special education teachers, students, administrators, and family members.
• Case studies appear in each chapter to help readers understand and apply material to real school and classroom settings and situations.

About the Authors

Carolyn Hughes is professor of special education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focus is on transition from school to adult life, particularly for at-risk students from high poverty backgrounds. She is a coauthor of the Supports Intensity Scale (American Association on Mental Retardation, 2004), The Transition Handbook: Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work (Paul H. Brookes, 2000), and Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities (Paul H. Brookes, 1998).

Erik W. Carter is an assistant professor of special education in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. His research addresses peer relationships, access to the general curriculum, and secondary transition services. He is a coauthor of The Transition Handbook: Strategies High School Teachers Use That Work (Paul H. Brookes, 2000).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205424201
• ISBN 13: 9780205424207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192