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Conducting Meaningful Transition Interviews to Benefit Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Yeager, Kristopher Hawk – Beyond Behavior, 2021
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) benefit from person-centered transition planning. However, there are few practical guidelines for conducting individualized transition assessments that include interviews with this population. This article describes multiple strategies that special educators can implement to conduct…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Students with Disabilities, Interviews
Status Report on Art Therapists in Public Schools: Employment and Legislative Realities
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Gonzalez-Dolginko, Beth – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This report discusses current developments and status of art therapists in public schools, with recommendations for occupational titles, program effectiveness, and legislative change to identify art therapists as service providers for students with special needs. Interview results from a small sample of art therapists employed in New York State…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Public Schools, Advocacy, Occupations
Jewish Leaders' Access to IDEA Funds for Parentally Placed Private School Children: A Basic Qualitative Study
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Schmerling, Jennifer Braunstein – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study was designed to gain insight on Jewish leaders' conceptualizations and access to IDEA funding for their parentally placed private school children when Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is not at issue. Additionally, this study explored the various ways Jewish leaders aid and advocate for these students. The current…
Descriptors: Jews, Educational Finance, Disabilities, Equal Education
Making It My IDEA: Notice of Procedural Safeguards Designed for Increased Readability
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Dinnesen, Megan Schneider – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Procedural safeguards have been in place for years with the intention of protecting the rights of parents and their children with disabilities. Despite the promises of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, parents have not been given the tools they need to be active participants in their child's special education. Parents of children…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Childrens Rights, Parent Rights
On the Outside Looking in: An African American Family's Experience in an Individualized Education Plan Meeting
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Angelov, Azure D. S.; Anderson, Sheri L. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2012
The current laws that mandate special education originated through the advocacy of families (Turnbull & Turnbull, 1990). Over the years, families have challenged the system to provide free and appropriate public educations for their children. We share, through qualitative measures, the experiences of one African American family and the…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Advocacy, African American Family, Individualized Education Programs
Stories of Hope and Decline: Interest Group Effectiveness in National Special Education Policy
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Itkonen, Tiina – Educational Policy, 2009
This study analyzes parent and professional organizations' effectiveness in national special education policy from 1975 to the present. Of specific interest are the relationships between groups' policy victories, how groups construct their political messages, and organizational characteristics. The research is significant in that it is one of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Educational History, Parent Participation