Exceptional Life Journeys

大多数将被训练成为教师、心理学家、医生、社会工作者的学生，以及在这些学科领域工作的许多专业人士大都没有机会充分了解和欣赏儿童、家长以及老师的境况，他们通常要面对必须处理和适应的儿童期障碍。在在评估和治疗儿童期障碍领域，大多数专业人士都训练有素，并且了解其所做工作的临床、理论和实证基础。在他们的培训过程中，通过受监督式临床实习，他们会在诊断儿童的教育、心理、社会和医疗问题方面获得一些经验。在其培训以及专业实践过程中，需要与孩子们及其家庭就成长问题、治疗计划进行访谈、讨论、咨询和合作。尽管如此，他们还是很少有机会能够充分认识和理解“有障碍是什么样”，也鲜有机会从有障碍儿童的母亲、父亲、老师的角度来认识和理解其境况。
这本书为该领域的学生和专业人士提供了认识一些特殊儿童及其家庭以、老师的生命旅程的机会。

Most students in training to become teachers, psychologists, physicians, and social workers as well as many practicing professionals in these disciplines do not get the opportunity to fully understand and appreciate the circumstances of children ,parents, and teachers who have had to cope and adapt to childhood disorder. Most professionals in the field of childhood disorders are well trained in assessment and treatment methods and are aware of the clinical, theoretical, and empirical foundations of the work they do. In their training, they get some experience in diagnosing the educational, psychological, social, and medical problems of children through their supervised clinical internships. In their training and in their professional practice they get to interview, discuss, consult and collaborate with children and their families regarding developmental issues and treatment plans, however, they rarely get an opportunity to fully realize and understand what it is like to have a disorder and what it is like to be a mother, or father, or teacher of children with disorders.
This book provides an opportunity for students in training and professionals in the field to gain some awareness of the life journeys of some exceptional children, their families and their teachers.