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Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle, January 16, 2007
The Special Education majors at Eastern Michigan University are
required to do a project with a family which includes
child/young adult or teen with a special education label. The
purpose of this project is for future teachers to learn the
complexity of issues families deal with on a daily basis when
they have a child with a disability. The project consists of the
following steps:
A. Identify a family that includes a child with a disability in
their family.
B. Meet with the family a few times in order to:
--Identify family strengths and needs and areas where they may
need assistance.
--Observation and report of the child in the educational
setting.
--Arrange a time convenient for the family and either (a)
accompany the family on an outing or (b) stay with the child in
the home with the family present.
--Attend an IEP meeting with the family.
--Assist the family in determining if the IEP meeting was done
correctly according to the Michigan Department of Education
and/or what should be done differently the next time the family
meets with the school.
--Develop a list of potential strengths and needs of the family
with the family.
--In collaboration with the family, develop a plan which
addresses family/child needs and issues and strengths.
Strategies in the plan may address the following:
(a) Improve child’s educational experience
(b) Improve/increase family support systems and/or
improve/increase social networks and friendships for the child
The project should be approved by the family, professionally
written and worthy of submitting for the students’ or families
school records.
For any further information on this project or to become
involved contact Dr. Sally Burton-Hoyle, Eastern Michigan
University at
sburtonh@emich.edu or 734-487-2743.
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