Whisper Writing

Melissa M. Jones, Assistant Professor of Education at Northern Kentucky University, received her PhD. in educational leadership at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. As a sibling of someone with a disability, and as a teacher, supervisor, and consultant in special education, Jones has had the opportunity to gain knowledge and insight from many people with disabilities. She is the author of Within Our Reach: Behavior Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Learners with Mental Retardation and Autism (1998).

• Contents: Welcome to Wonderland – Complexity in the «Air» – There's Substance in the «Air» –4: Two Sides of «Isis» – Fire and Isis – Silencing «Mandy» – Finding Mandy's Key – The Presentation Of «Self» – Powerful Influences: Societal Power Makes Its Mark – Organizational Power and a Curriculum of Control – Interpersonal Power and Social Hierarchies – Individual Power: Taking Back Control – Another Fantasy? Personal Empowerment and Power-To – Questions And Possibilities.