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Issue
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Why Yes?
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Why Not?
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Suggested Book
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| Child has a seizure in front of other classmates. |
Other students in the classroom have many questions to ask about what happened to their friend. If parents, child, and educational staff all are in favor of using a book, the book may help answer several of the other students' questions in a way that they can understand. |
The book may make the child feel "different" and embarrassed. The whole class knowing that she has epilepsy may make her stand out and feel more uncomfortable. |
Lee The Rabbit With Epilepsy, Deborah M. Moss |
| New child with a disability enters classroom. |
Family would like to use a book to help explain their child's disability. May help other children understand and be more empathetic to the new student. |
May cause the child to stand out more. May make the student feel more uncomfortable. |
Hooway For Wodney Wat, Helen Lester (Speech) |
| General education students start to ask questions about the students in their school with disabilities. |
Help other children understand why some students may look or act a little different from them. May help children not be fearful of people who are different. |
May cause the students with disabilities to feel more "different." May make other students notice more differences than similarities in others. |
We Can Do It!, Laura Dwight |
| Other students want to know where and what a student does when he/she goes to physical therapy. |
Will answer some questions children have about physical therapy. May help the child feel more accepted in the classroom. |
The student receiving physical therapy may not feel comfortable talking about his/her own therapy. |
Rolling Along with Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cindy Meyers |