This book's case studies take readers into the lives of eight families to show how using cultural reciprocity to build a framework for relationships helps strengthen interactions between professionals and parents or caregivers. Through the case studies, educators will see that special education has a culture all its own and will come to achieve a better understanding of this culture. This knowledge will help them to facilitate conversations with families in order to identify the cultural values and beliefs that form the families' goals for their children. They will then be more prepared to...