Margo Vreeburg Izzo, LeDerick R Horne Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities

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How can you empower students with invisible disabilities to manage their challenges, accept and advocate for themselves, and reach their goals and dreams? This guidebook has inspiring and informative answers. Told with the authentic voices of adults with hidden disabilities, this encouraging, eyeopening book will help you guide students on the Path to Disability Pride and support their success in the classroom and community. Personal stories blend with powerful strategies as the authors share reflections on their experience with disabilityand offer up practical teaching tips and interventions based on the latest research. An essential resource for educators, families, and selfadvocates, this book will help students with nonvisible disabilities dare to dream big and unlock their full potential.DISCOVER HOW TOpromote disability pride within students, schools, and communitiesteach critical life skills, including socialemotional, executive function, reading, and coping skillsreduce the stigma of hidden disabilitiesdevelop mentoring programs that connect students with advice and encouragementassist college students as they navigate the challenges of campus life and classesprepare young adults to launch fulfilling careers and responsible, selfdetermined adult liveshelp students develop authentic and meaningful relationships with otherssupport students with a range of hidden disabilities, including ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral disturbancePRACTICAL MATERIALS: A helpful Path to Disability Pride framework that readers can use to track their own path to pride or help advocate for someone elses; readytouse Teaching Tips for the classroom; candid stories from and interviews with people who have hidden disabilities.