Working with Māori children with special education needs : he mahi whakahirahira / Jill Bevan-Brown, Mere Berryman, Huhana Hickey, Sonja Macfarlane, Kirsten Smiler and Tai Walker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Jill Bevan-Brown -- 2. In pursuit of culturally responsive evidence-based special education pathways for Māori : Whaia ki te ara tika / Sonja Macfarlane -- 3. Akoranga whakarei : learning about inclusion from four kura rumaki / Mere Berryman -- 4. Tātau tātau : engaging with whānau hauā from within a cultural framework / Huhuna Hickey -- 5. Refocusing lenses on Māori deaf children and their whānau / Kirsten Smiler -- 6. Kāpō Māori : overcoming barriers / Jill Bevan-Brown and Tai Walker -- 7. Living with physical disability : a Māori woman's perspective / Huhana Hickey and Jill Bevan-Brown -- 8. Intellectual disability : looking through a Mā̃ori lens / Jill Bevan-Brown -- 9. Māori and autism spectrum disorder / Jill Bevan-Brown -- 10. Hei āwhina mātua : a kaupapa Māori response to behaviour / Mere Berryman -- 11. Gifted Mā̃ori children : nurturing sturdy kauri / Jill Bevan-Brown -- 12. Conclusion : relationships of interdependence - making the difference togther / Mere Berryman.

"Who are Maori children with special education needs? Why would working with them be any different to working with other children with special education needs? Why is this a highly important job he mahi whakahirahira? This book provides essential information for those striving to provide culturally responsive, effective education for Maori children. Working with Maori Children with Special Education Needs emphasises the importance of learning from the past and listening to Maori children, their parents and wider whanau. It explores the key components of culturally responsive, evidence-based, special education practice; it describes holistic and inclusive responses to educating all tamariki, especially those with identified special education needs; and it discusses a paradigm for Maori disability identity - whanau haua. This book also features specific categorial studies, outlining Maori concepts and advising professionals. The studies explore the needs of deaf children and their whanau; outline general, educational and cultural barriers for Maori who are vision impaired or blind; and discuss physical disability, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and giftedness from a Maori perspective. This book then considers ways that teachers and whanau can capitalise on their respective strengths and knowledge in order to take joint responsibility for studentsÆ learning and behaviour. Each chapter includes study questions"--Publisher's description.