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Wading through Quicksand: Making Sense of Minority Disproportionality in Identification of Emotional Disturbance
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Sullivan, Amanda L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
The debate surrounding disproportionality in the identification of culturally and linguistically diverse students for special education, and in the category of emotional disturbance in particular, remains highly contentious, particularly as scholars grapple with the meaning and causes of disproportionality. In this article, I discuss assumptions…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances