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What stood out to you the most from Judy Heumann's talk?

Her perseverance to fight for disabled individuals.

Think about President Bush’s statement about letting the “shameful walls of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” What can YOU do to ensure that students with disabilities are included in our schools and offices?

According to Pres. Bush "that no child

left behind".

It's my students with disability has the

right and a privilege to be educated.

Giving these students the appropriate

accommodations to learn and be

successful the same with the regular

students.

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Families create the foundation and support system for students with disabilities

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Parental support is important for the student to have success and build confidence while learning.

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Families are important as they firm the Foundation for learning from a young age, from movements to communications with Family, Friends, and others outside of the homes as the child ages. Reading to them as infants remains important

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Parents are important in establishing a foundation and belief in the individual with a disability that they can be successful.

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Families can provide encouragement and galvanized support in helping a child with disabilities to not give up.

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Whalen

Parents know their children better than teachers do and they can provide insights and be a partner to their children’s success.

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Families help support our students to believe in the support we give them and most especially we need joint effort to help these students succeed

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We have to work together in order to get the success for our students. They know well their children and spend time with them. All have to support them.

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Family is their support. Family knows them well.

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They implicitly know their children’s capabilities, needs, and goals. This input is vital to adequately serving them.

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Education is a collaboration between students school and families and family involvement is absolute essential for enhancing academic performance.

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True sometimes as they are stakeholders of their child success in pursing their education.

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Parents are very much needed to report the problem they observe with their child in performance of every day behavior and handling normal day environment.

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No one knows our scholars better than their families. Families may also need support.

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Families must support their children by being a good partners to teachers, so teaching and learning for both teachers and students will be more easier task for everyone.

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Parents are the essential partners of educators for the success of their children.

Parents know everything better for their children, they can give the educators a better idea to cater the students.

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The is the best way to score greater success. If the effort made is coordinated from both perspectives, it will be effective. Moreover, they know the kids more and will contribute valuable information on which we can work to succeed.

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Their insight is vital for good support rapore and effective communication with student

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The families acceptance of the child’s disability will affect the child’s emotional area and behavioral aspects as being accepted with who he is and therefore develop a feeling of self confidence. This will help the child to become a persistent learner.

The families willingness to support the child as he goes to several trainings will help the child to develop his skills to overcome his weaknesses

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Families are essential because they know their children better than the teachers. Their support to their children’s need in school played an important role for their child’s academic success.

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The family is where students with disabilities receive support, outside of school hours.

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Positive affirmation to the child (children).

The best teacher starts a home. The foundation is the home.

Parent and teaching collaboration.

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Students with disabilities are likely more comfortable sharing their gifts and abilities with the adults they live with.

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Families bring cultural and personal context. This helps us create a more individualized learning experience.

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Families are the first support of students with dissabilities to build their strengths to face the world outside of their home.

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It’s important to read and know the students file and talk to parents to learn more.

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I believe that families are essential partners to honor the strengths of students with disabilities, as they are the primary source of these students' confidence.

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Students exhibit, different behaviors at school that parents don't know about. Students exhibit different behaviors at home that teachers don't know about. Collaboration can help determine a path for best success for each student.

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By encouraging them, by letting them know that even in their situation they still have a gift, something unique to them. Giving them a sense of belonging and investing in programs that can help then .

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Families are essential partner because they know more the needs of their kids

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Parents can identify their child’s needs and help to support learning at home.

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It’s important families and guardians are empowering students to reach their full potential despite disabilities. Partnering with families to provide resources and support so we can best support the unique needs of the student is beneficial to their overall success.

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Families can provide support,encouragement,patience and the love needed to help strengthen students with disabilities.

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Families are essential in fostering and supporting accountability standards/expectations and the overall value of learning(education).

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Parents are our best advocates because they know their children wellness.

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The involvement of a supportive family can significantly enhance the quality of life and development for children with disabilities like emotional support, care and security. They know their kids very well.

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The support and services the school will provide are more effective with the full support of the families. The full potential of the students naturally blooms if they feel the all-out support of both school and their families.

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Families can reinforce at home the strategies learned in school as well as providing emotional support and encouragement.

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They are partners, we must work as a team. They are familiar with the children's abilities and can assist us.

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We really can’t control what the family does. Maybe we can talk about the things we can control.

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Families often have a different perspective of the situation. This is beneficial in creating an effective environment and instruction for the student.

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Families have the best knowledge of the strengths of their child and areas that need support.

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Because students are not in school for 2/3 of the hours in a day (not counting weekends). If nothing is supporting them then how can they succeed?

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A family responsible party puts in consistent commitment towards advocating for the resources thier child need, puts in consistent support at home without reservations

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Families have the most comprehensive understanding of the childs abilities which is essential and relevant information.

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Families can help educators become more quickly familiarized with how a student presents their disability in different settings and can also provide helpful response/actions to take to most successfully get the student the help they need.

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It isn't just the teacher's needed for student success. They need the support at home.

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It takes a village. We need to work together to support the children.

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They may know details that explain why their student behave the way that they do. Adverse experience, death in the family, recent success or accomplishment, etc.

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It gives students confidence to deal with their struggles when they venture into the world when they receive support from home first.

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Because they are the partner of the teachers and besides they know the background of their children better than the teachers. Parents are members of the internal stakeholders.

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Because parents/guardians are the students’ first “teacher.”

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Parents are essential partners because they hold the keys to assisting teachers with unlocking the possibilities of success for their children.

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"It takes a village" Partnering with cooperative, invested parents provides leverage for the school/teachers to support and challenge the student.

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Families play an important role in helping teachers and staff when assisting with students w/disabilities

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Because they're the ones who should be taking care of their children the most, they (might) spend more time with them, they have the capacity to ensure extra resources, and we need them to keep the work and directions going after school as well

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They provide emotional and financial support for students and their passions.

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Families know more about the children’s needs and challenges.

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The are essential because in times when you don’t think you can go on, your family can off support and comfort to make you feel less than & alone.

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Families are essential because through them, we learn more about the needs of our students with disability. Also, it's rewarding for families to know that we share in the upbringing of their kids

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Families are trusted by the student and have a running history of the student's experience with the student's disability.

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Families are the foundation. They slo spend more time with students, than students spend in school.

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Families help create expectations of what a student can or cannot achieve.

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It's important that parents are aware of the support that students are receiving so it can be reinforced at home.

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It gives the family a cooperative learning experience and environment. Having a student with disabilities requires input from the entire family so that the instructional goals for that student are met.

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Families are the best advocates for special needs students.