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ERIC Number: EJ995333
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-2847
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Meeting Mathew
Roud, Paul
Teaching Tolerance, n42 p34-39 Fall 2012
Students with hidden disabilities can be a handful. Fellow students dislike them. Teachers are wary. But these students need not be lost in the shuffle or ostracized. Educators, parents and the students themselves can--working together--change the attitudes and behaviors causing so much trouble. This article describes how the author conducted a "disclosure meeting" with Matthew, who was coping with Asperger's syndrome, along with his parents, teachers, and other students in order to elicit an empathic response from the students. A year after the disclosure meeting, Mathew had made extraordinary changes. The student feedback was far more powerful and effective than any possible adult intervention.
Southern Poverty Law Center. 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Tel: 334-956-8200; Fax: 334-956-8484; Web site: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/index.jsp
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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