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Direct linkCook, Tina; Brandon, Toby; Zonouzi, Maryam; Thomson, Louise – Educational Action Research, 2019
This article draws on insights gained from three projects described as participatory action research (PAR) undertaken in the UK. What binds them together is that each project coordinator raised the issue of the under-representation of opportunities for disruption in the possible trajectory to knowledge democracy.PAR places a relational process at…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Foreign Countries, Research Projects
Mengoni, Silvana; Bardsley, Janet; Oates, John – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
Key working is a way of supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families, and is highly regarded by families and practitioners. However, there is a lack of up-to-date research exploring key working in the current context of policy reforms in England. This article reports an evaluation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Public Policy, Special Needs Students
Duncan, Greg, Ed.; Le Menestrel, Suzanne, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2019
The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a…
Descriptors: Poverty, Intervention, Well Being, United States History
Turnbull, Ann P.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Rud; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Winton, Pam; Roberts, Richard; Snyder, Patricia; McWilliam, Robin; Chandler, Lynette; Schrandt, Suzanne; Stowe, Matt; Bruder, Mary Beth; Divenere, Nancy; Epley, Pam; Hornback, Mergy; Huff, Barbara; Miksch, Peggy; Mitchell, Linda; Sharp, Lisa; Stroup-Rentier, Vera – Journal of Early Intervention, 2007
This article utilizes four knowledge sources to characterize a current gap in policy and practice related to serving families in early intervention (birth to 5) programs. It argues that the field of early intervention has focused primarily on implementing family-centered practices by focusing on how families and professionals should interact. The…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Young Children, Disabilities
Lamar-Dukes, Pamela – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2009
Individuals of color with disabilities and/or their family members need access to services and supports that will assist them with daily life and a way to advocate for these services. Disability organizations, whose core mission is advocacy, have had difficulty attracting and maintaining persons of color with disabilities or their family members…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Outreach Programs, African American Family
Download full textButler, Terry E.; Friesen, Barbara J. – 1988
This annotated bibliography addresses issues, principles, programs, and research about respite care published in articles and books from 1978-1988. It covers a wide range of topics, from comprehensive overviews of respite issues, services, and policies to descriptions of specific respite care program models. A number of the bibliographic entries…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Family Programs, Models
Carpenter, Barry; Towers, Christine – Support for Learning, 2008
In this article, the authors aim to develop a better understanding among practitioners of the issues faced by fathers of children with a learning disability, and suggest how schools can involve the parents who are regarded by many as "hard to reach". They recontextualize the roles and perceptions of fathers in the light of outcomes from the recent…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Public Policy
Butler, Terry E.; Friesen, Barbara J. – 1988
In spite of the growing awareness and development of respite services, many families in need of them have little or no access. This is especially true for families whose children have emotional handicaps. A rationale for respite services supports parents' entitlement to respite care, its importance to all family members, and its help in improving…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Family Problems
Peer reviewedKrauss, Marty Wyngaarden – Exceptional Children, 1990
The article discusses the conceptual and procedural mandates of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), required under Public Law 99-457, as both a bold radical step taken by the federal government and as a logical extension of current service delivery practices serving disabled children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Family Programs
Peer reviewedAgosta, John; Melda, Kerri – Exceptional Children, 1996
This article explores the current status in the United States of support to families who care for children with disabilities at home. It summarizes essential program features, program effects, and outstanding issues (such as, ensuring family involvement in policy formation, sufficient funding, and system collaboration). (DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Rearing, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
Mung'omba, James – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
In the Republic of Zambia, an estimated 256,000 persons have some form of disability, and of these, 5.4% have intellectual disabilities. Even now, traditional beliefs about the etiology of intellectual disabilities persist and considerable stigma is attached to the presence of persons with intellectual disabilities who are often excluded from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Poverty, Mental Retardation, Etiology
National Center for Early Development & Learning, Chapel Hill, NC. – 1999
Noting that the focus of early intervention has expanded to include family-oriented programs and services, this report proposes a framework for evaluating outcomes for families. The framework is offered as a vehicle for further discussion and is based on current values, theories, and models of family functioning, and relationships between families…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit)
Ingram, Debby – 1992
Basic information about respite care for individuals with disabilities and their families is presented in a question-and-answer format. The following questions are addressed: "What is respite?"; "Who needs respite services?"; "Who provides respite services?"; "What kinds of services are provided?"; "How…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Coughlin, Pamela; Perry, Deborah – 1993
Years of categorical funding have led to fragmented service delivery systems related to children and families. States have had to devise mechanisms to coordinate the variety of funding streams which finance the array of children's programs. Creation of a single focal point for children's policy at the national level is recommended. Attempts to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Knoll, James A. – Exceptional Parent, 1990
The "support not supplant" theory of family support services is explained, and results of a national study of trends in family support are analyzed. Current efforts, state legislation, funding levels, respite services, financial assistance, and emerging issues are discussed. A directory of state family support programs is appended. (PB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Disabilities, Family Programs, Financial Support
