“Honoring Families’ Knowledge and Knowledge-Making in the Education of their Children Through Family as Faculty Approaches.”
October 3, 2024
IU Indianapolis TRIP Scholar of the Month Conversation Series - September 27, 2024
In this video Family as Faculty is discussed in relation to ways to honor families of disabled youth taking into consideration cripistemologies as well as Universal Design for Learning.
In this video, Dr. Cristina Santamaría Graff (Interim Assistant Dean of Student Support and Diversity and an Associate Professor of Special Education and Urban Teacher Education at Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis) is interviewed by Kelley Taksier (doctoral student in special education at the University of Florida).
Dr. Cristina Santamaría Graff briefly discusses her translational research that deals with a healthcare approach to work with families of children with disabilities who, through this model, are positioned as leaders that share their expertise with those providing care to their children.
In this video, Dr. Cristina Santamaría Graff discusses her Family as Faculty (FAF) research funded by a School of Education Block Grant (2017-2018) at IUPUI in Indianapolis.
What happens when we truly center families of children with disabilities as experts, leaders, and co-designers of inclusive learning environments?
November 1, 2025
