Childhood Disability, Advocacy, and Inclusion in the Caribbean: A Trinidad and Tobago Case Study: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
Autor Beth Harryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 oct 2020
This book presents an ethnographic case study of the personal motivations, advocacy, and activation of social capital needed to create and sustain the Immortelle Children’s Centre, a private school that has served children with disabilities in Trinidad/Tobago for four decades. Based on narratives by parents from the 1980’s, current parents, teachers, community advocates, and the author, who was the founder of Immortelle in 1978, the study views the school within the context of a nation standing in a liminal space between developed and developing societies. It argues that the attainment of equity for children with disabilities will require an agenda that includes a legal mandate for education of all children, increased public funding for education, health and therapeutic services, and an on-going public awareness campaign. Relating this study to the global debate on inclusion, the author shows how the implementation of this agenda would have to be adapted to the social, cultural, and economic realities of the society.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030238605
ISBN-10: 3030238601
Pagini: 283
Ilustrații: XXIII, 283 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030238601
Pagini: 283
Ilustrații: XXIII, 283 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
1. Chapter 1 Historical and Cultural Influences on Education Policy and Disability Services.- 2. Chapter 2 The Immortelle: Planting, Nurturing, and Growing.- 3. Chapter 3 Original Parents’ Stories: From “Something not right here” to “She’s wonderful!”.- 4. Chapter 4 Forty Years Later: Current Parents – From “Something not Right Here to “We Need Systems!”.- 5. Chapter 5 “Trinidad is Nice, Trinidad is a Paradise”: Navigating negativity and creating love.- 6. Chapter 6 Sustaining the Immortelle: “You Have to Love What You Do”.- 7. Chapter 7 Building a Community of Advocates: Seeking Unity in Diversity.- 8. Chapter 8 Health and Education: Seeking an Explicit Place on the Agenda.- 9. Chapter 9 Trinidad and Tobago in a Liminal Space.
Notă biografică
Beth Harry is Professor of Special Education at the Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami, USA.
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“Skillfully places the 40-year history of the Immortelle Children’s Center within the larger context of Trinidad/Tobago’s post-colonial development and its current state of 'liminal' in-between-ness, poised to enter the next stage of pursuing the moral imperatives of development by ensuring educational services for children with disabilities.”
—Maya Kalyanpur, Professor, University of San Diego, USA
“A penetrative ethnographic case study that skillfully weaves the voices of parents, caregivers, teachers, and community activists into a study pierced through with empathy.”
—Paula Morgan, Professor, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
“Grounded in the rigor of ethnography and the authority forged by lived experience, Harry offers a multifaceted historical portrait of unsettling questions about human rights and competence, in a young nation of the South with a deep commitment to equality.”
—Alfredo Artiles, Professor, Arizona State University, USA
This book presents an ethnographic case study of the personal motivations, advocacy, and activation of social capital needed to create and sustain the Immortelle Children’s Centre, a private school that has served children with disabilities in Trinidad/Tobago for four decades. Based on narratives by parents from the 1980’s, current parents, teachers, community advocates, and the author, who was the founder of Immortelle in 1978, the study views the school within the context of a nation standing in a liminal space between developed and developing societies. It argues that the attainment of equity for children with disabilities will require an agenda that includes a legal mandate for education of all children, increased public funding for education, health and therapeutic services, and an on-going public awareness campaign. Relating this study to the global debate on inclusion, the author shows how the implementation of this agenda would have to be adapted to the social, cultural, and economic realities of the society.
Beth Harry is Professor of Special Education at the Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami, USA.
Caracteristici
Introduces ethnographic cases and interviews with parents of children with disabilities, teachers, and community advocates Examines childhood disability, inclusion, policy, and education in Trinidad and Tobago Describes the challenges that children, families, and professionals face and extends the research on the social, political, and economic levels