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LIFESPAN TRANSITIONS AND DISABILITY This book brings a refreshing perspective to preparing students with disabilities and their families for all aspects of independent life. Many of the transitions experienced by younger children set the stage for future changes, yet do not receive the attention they deserve in the literature. This publication offers a strengths-based approach that includes philosophical perspectives and evidence-based practices to assist this vulnerable population with lifespan changes and challenges. Each chapter addresses transitional needs and their assessment, and relevant interventions from the perspectives of an application to schools, families and communities. Multicultural perspectives are integral to all these chapters. The book covers transition: • from home to early childhood education • from early childhood education to primary school • from primary school to secondary school • from and to special settings • from juvenile justice settings back into the community • from school to work • from school to further education or training • from post-school settings to retirement. Lifespan Transitions and Disability: A holistic perspective is a necessary companion for postgradu- ate education students and researchers who have an interest in exploring the nature and context of special and inclusive education today. Iva Strnadová is Associate Professor at the School of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia. She also holds an honorary position in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Therese M. Cumming is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia. Foundations and Futures of Education Peter Aggleton, UNSW, Australia Sally Power, Cardiff University, UK Michael Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Foundations and Futures of Education focuses on key emerging issues in education as well as continuing debates within the field. The series is interdisciplinary, and includes historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological and comparative per- spectives on three major themes: the purposes and nature of education; increasing interdisciplinarity within the subject; and the theory–practice divide. Lifespan Transitions and Disability A holistic perspective Iva Strnadová and Therese M. Cumming Religion in the Primary School Ethos, diversity, citizenship Peter J. 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Girls and the sexual politics of schooling Jessica Ringrose The Right to Higher Education Beyond widening participation Penny Jane Burke The Struggle for the History of Education Gary McCulloch Radical Education and the Common School A democratic alternative Michael Fielding and Peter Moss The Irregular School Exclusion, schooling and inclusive education Roger Slee School Trouble Identity, power and politics in education Deborah Youdell Schools and Schooling in the Digital Age A critical analysis Neil Selwyn Being a University Ron Barnett Education – An ‘Impossible Profession’? Tamara Bibby Re-designing Learning Contexts Technology-rich, learner-centred ecologies Rosemary Luckin Education and the Family Passing success across the generations Leon Feinstein, Kathryn Duckworth and Ricardo Sabates Learners, Learning and Educational Activity Judith Ireson Gender, Schooling and Global Social Justice Elaine Unterhalter Education, Philosophy and the Ethical Environment Graham Haydon Schooling, Society and Curriculum Edited by Alex Moore LIFESPAN TRANSITIONS AND DISABILITY A holistic perspective Iva Strnadová and Therese M. Cumming First published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2016 Iva Strnadová and Therese M. Cumming The right of Iva Strnadová and Therese M. Cumming to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-0-415-73885-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-73887-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-81710-1 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK We dedicate this book to our families, who have supported and nurtured us: IS: James Michael Stanbury, Sláva Strnad, Iva Strnadová and Tomáš Strnad TC: James Cumming and Emily Smedley CONTENTS List of illustrations x About the authors xi Preface xii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Transitions: historical perspectives and current practices 7 3 Transitions in the early childhood years 23 4 Transitions to primary school 34 5 Transition from primary school to secondary school 45 6 Transitions to and from special settings 58 7 Transitions from juvenile justice settings back into the community 74 8 Transitions from school to work 88 9 Transitions from school to further education or training 103 10 Transition to retirement 118 11 Wraparound services to support lifespan transitions 129 12 Conclusion 141 References 145 Index 162
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