Literature Articles
This article discusses the experience of parents and school officials regarding the fairness of hearings in special education disputes. Explores disagreement among professionals about the assessment and placement of children with disabilities.
Federal Law PL 94-142 provides handicapped children with appropriate education. Parents of handicapped children, if dissatisfied, can make and arbitrate a claim for a different education program for their child. In 1980, under this law California instituted mediation as a less expensive and...
This report synthesizes the quantitative and qualitative evaluation data related to Family Empowerment Centers (FEC) in California. Data was obtained from surveys of parents and professionals, parent focus groups, and interviews with FEC center directors, center personnel, and other professionals...
The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (the "IDEA") is a broad federal mandate intended to make a "free appropriate public education" available to all disabled students. More importantly, however, the IDEA encourages schools to enable parents to collaborate with their child's educators...
[Abstract] "It is a core principle of special education legislation that the parents of a disabled child can challenge the child’s educational programming through an administrative due process hearing. Yet, for years the special education due process structure has been criticized as inefficient...
The purpose of this investigation was to examine families' involvement in and perceptions of children's special education services. A telephone survey was conducted with 45 families of children with autism who were part of a parent support group. The survey consisted of a total of 15 questions that...
UMI Number: 3495232 [Excerpts from abstract] "The study included secondary data analysis to examine the impact of several factors, including the Early Intervention program, demographic factors and potential mediating factors on preschool special education student outcomes. The Pre-elementary...
UMI Number: 3510696 [Excerpts from abstract] "If a disagreement arises between parents and their school district, either party may request a special education due process hearing. However, several alternate options are available and encouraged for parties to consider for resolution of conflicts...
[abstract] "A large number of due process hearings regarding the delivery of special education services to children with disabilities occur nationally and the number is increasing. Differences of opinion between professionals and parents concerning whether or not a child is disabled, the diagnosis...
Abstract: The IDEA’s exhaustion provision is subject to confusion among courts as well as the parties. Its proper judicial compromise that this provision represents in reversing the Smith v. Robinson exclusivity ruling. The result of the confusion is making the adjudicative process under federal...
The goal of the study was to develop a better understanding of how Latino families with children with disabilities perceive their child's special education program and their involvement in school. Participants were families of children with disabilities attending a predominately Latino elementary...
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify recommendations that a Delphi panel of experts judged to be the most important for the future of due process in special education for avoiding due process hearings. The study also sought to determine and describe the degree of importance and...
The article reports on the significance of facilitated Individual Education Plans(IEP) meetings among parents of special education students and representatives of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Often IEP meetings conclude to heated arguments, Spectrum K12 School...
To help special education planning teams reach agreements, several State Education Agencies (SEAs) provide the option of facilitated Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. The use of externally facilitated IEP meetings is growing nationally. When relationships between parents and schools...
The authors discuss individual planning for young children with disabilities in developmentally appropriate classrooms. Topics covered include basic premises of Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) and Early Childhood Education (ECE), Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) in early childhood...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become a popular term in education. Although most special education stakeholders share a general notion that evidence-based practice refers to instruction that is supported in some manner by research, (a) those promoting practices and products often use the term...
This article briefly reviews literature regarding the involvement and participation of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) families in the special education process. Barriers to family participation and strategies for facilitating family participation are summarized. Furthermore, we...
After distinguishing the development of “failure to implement” (FTI) the individualized education program (IEP) as a third dimension beyond the procedural and substantive dimensions of FAPE (free appropriate public education) first established in Board of Education v. Rowley , this article provides...
This publication attempts to answer common questions that parents, teachers, administrators, and others have about mediation as a means of resolving conflicts between parents of a child with a disability and the school district. Four real life stories are used to show how experienced mediators use a...
This resource guide presents an annotated bibliography on partnerships between families and schools. From p.3: "This annotated bibliography describes resources that can help parents and educators facilitate a comfortable and supportive partnership in the interest of successful outcomes for children...
Given the documented benefits of family involvement in educational planning, engaging families throughout the school years is strongly advocated. However, barriers continue to impede families from collaborative partnering in educational planning. In this qualitative study the perceptions of six...
Family responses to family-school conflicts may be manifested in family interaction and/or work performance and are influenced by numerous factors including socioeconomic status, child's grade level, family structure, cultural background, financial or structural stress, and rigidity of functioning....
[Abstract] Although current legislative measures recognize parents participation in school life, several difficulties remain and many barriers need to be broken down as there are still uncomfortable situations to be dealt with between school and parents. In this context, the aim of this study is to...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine early intervention (EI) service providers’ perceptions of the roles played by fathers in services, as well as their perceptions of the barriers that limit fathers from being engaged in the services provided for families of children with...
Research about parent experiences with the special education system is largely dominated from mothers’ perspectives. This article will present a qualitative interview study of the overlooked voice: fathers of children with disabilities. Twenty fathers were interviewed about their experiences...