My summer with nancy
Subtitle: adventures in teaching and learning with a multi-handicapped child
By: Ava Lee Holly
Publisher: WordThunder Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Merritt Island, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
ISBN-13: 9781597900300
Subjects: Children with disabilities; Education; Special education
Description: In 1945, the mother of a multi-handicapped ten-year-old named Nancy engaged Ava Lee Holly as her child's companion and teacher, a role that Ava Lee would fill each summer over three years. In this poignant story, the effects of Nancy's delayed education become apparent as Ms. Holly calls upon her innate teaching ability to find ways to expand Nancy's skills, and to help her explore and understand her surroundings. As Ava Lee tackles these challenges she also becomes acutely aware of the compensatory gifts that Nancy exhibits.