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Understanding Young Children's Capabilities: Approaches to Interviews with Young Children Experiencing Disability
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Underwood, Kathryn; Chan, Cherry; Koller, Donna; Valeo, Angela – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This study examines the efficacy of engaging young children with disabilities in interviews to elicit their perspectives on their own capabilities. Using the theoretical framework of the capability approach, the authors investigated the efficacy of different interview techniques to engage young children with disabilities in research about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Disabilities, Childhood Attitudes
The Discourse of Parent Involvement in Special Education: A Critical Analysis Linking Policy Documents to the Experiences of Mothers
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Lai, Yuan; Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer A. – Educational Policy, 2013
Parent involvement is acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the education of students with special needs. However, the discourse of parent involvement represents parent involvement in limited ways, thereby controlling how and the extent to which parents can be involved in the education of their children. In this article, critical discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Special Education, Disabilities, Educational Policy
Fighting for Their Rights: Advocacy Experiences of Parents of Children Identified with Intellectual Giftedness
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Duquette, Cheryll; Orders, Shari; Fullarton, Stephanie; Robertson-Grewal, Kristen – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
This research examined the advocacy experiences of 16 parents of adolescents and young adults who had been assessed as intellectually gifted. The purpose was to determine the applicability of the four dimensions of advocacy to their experiences (awareness, information seeking, presenting the case, and monitoring). Participants responded to a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Parent Attitudes, Information Seeking, Gifted
Involving and Engaging Parents of Children with IEPs
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Underwood, Kathryn – Exceptionality Education International, 2010
This study explored parents' views of the educational experience of children with Individual Education Plans. The research goal was to determine how parents are meaningfully involved and engaged in the development and monitoring of education programs for their children. The primary data source for the study was 31 interviews with parents, analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Physical Education for Students with Spina Bifida: Mothers' Perspectives
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An, Jihoun; Goodwin, Donna L. – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2007
This study described the meaning 7 mothers of children with spina bifida ascribed to their children's physical education, the mothers' roles in the schools, and the importance of the IEP in home and school communication. The stories of 4 mothers of elementary and 3 mothers of secondary aged children were gathered using the phenomenological methods…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Mothers, Congenital Impairments, Educational Experience
Review of Learning Assistance Services Report (1997).
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British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Special Education. – 1997
This report discusses the outcomes of a 1996-1997 review that investigated the current role of Learning Assistance Services in the delivery of special education support services to students in 115 British Columbia public schools and the students who receive these services. Learning Assistance Services are described as school-based, non-categorical…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students