Cassandra Sligh Conway – författare

Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the field, Working with Students with Disabilities: Utilizing Resources in the Helping Profession provides readers with valuable perspective about leveraging resources to promote positive change in the lives of students. Readers cultivate a deeper understanding of the systemic and historical reasons why students with disabilities don't always receive the support they need, from kindergarten through undergraduate and graduate studies. The text helps readers learn how to identify and implement resources to better assist students with disabilities at all levels.The chapters address culturally responsive teaching; disability acts, ADA standards, and their impact on inclusion; meeting the needs of veteran students with disabilities in higher education; undiagnosed PTSD and the implications for counselor education programs at historically black colleges and universities; promoting self-advocacy in students with disabilities; leading the next generation; and more. At the end of each chapter, questions and considerations promote self-reflection and deeper consideration of the material.Working with Students with Disabilities is designed to support future and practicing helping professionals at all levels who work with students with disabilities, including school counselors, counselor educators, and instructors.

Featuring contributed chapters written by multidisciplinary scholars, Empowering Women in a Global Eco-Village provides readers with insight into how interviewing women regarding their lived experiences within a culture, situation, or observation can provide a vehicle for women to be heard accurately and with intention.The text features vivid case illustrations and critical analyses of the lived experiences of oppressed individuals in need of a voice and empowerment. It demonstrates how, when combined, cultural humility and first-class research practices can produce evidence-based and practical models for empowering women. The text underscores the importance of discussing areas of concern for women globally, as well as the opportunities available to researchers who pursue the development and implementation of empowerment projects.Topical areas addressed with the book include cultural bias, global peace, social justice, civility, building and sustaining families through financial literacy, research, resources, and how to effectively interview women.Emphasizing the global significance of actualizing women's voices, Empowering Women in a Global Eco-Village is an ideal text for scholars at all levels who wish to improve their research practices and empower individuals around the world.