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Direct linkWomack, Tyler A.; Johnson, Austin H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2022
Elementary-age students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) tend to experience more challenges and demonstrate lower homework completion as compared with peers without IEPs. Parent involvement in homework can significantly improve a child's homework achievement, but little research has examined the factors associated with higher levels…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Homework, Parent Participation
Belkis Choiseul-Praslin; Malarie E. Deardorff; Kristopher Hawk Yeager – Inclusion, 2021
Parent involvement in the development of an individualized education program (IEP) is a foundational tenet of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Unfortunately, mothers, the parent most likely to attend the IEP meeting, often report negative perceptions and even feelings of disillusion with the IEP process. Including mothers as…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Individualized Education Programs, Cooperative Planning, Mothers
Download full textJason Robinson; Tracy Gershwin Mueller – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates parents' participation as a necessary component of providing an appropriate education to students with disabilities. Despite these guidelines, parents report challenges with joining and contributing to the individualized education program (IEP) team as equal and valuable educational…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Individualized Transition Plans, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
White, Stacy E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The number of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) receiving services in public schools is increasing steadily. However, the findings of previous research and recent litigation trends suggest that a notable disconnect persists between school-based services and parental satisfaction. As a means to better understand parental dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Special Education, Parents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
McElderry, Cathy G.; Cheng, Tyrone C. – Children & Schools, 2014
This study investigated school exclusion's relationships with student characteristics, mother characteristics, parental involvement, school location, and service provision. The researchers examined data from 4,837 students in seventh to 12th grade extracted from a national data set. Multivariate results showed that student's age, gender,…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Mothers, Parent Participation, School Location
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
Hernandez, Jaime E.; Harry, Beth; Newman, Lynn; Cameto, Renee – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2008
The parent-school relationship for families of students with disabilities is clearly prescribed by law and is one of the main tenets of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 2004 (Newman, Cameto, & Hernandez, 2005). The measurement of this relationship presents a challenge in the context of what is meaningful participation,…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Satisfaction
Beth Ashby Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2006
This study sought to extend the literature on parent participation in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process by implementing an intervention aimed at fostering parent participation in IEP meetings and comparing its results to those obtained using one school district's standard IEP meeting procedures. This study also sought to determine the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Parent Participation, Meetings, Parent Teacher Conferences
Miles-Bonart, Sharon – 2002
A study examined the influence of professional etiquette, procedural factors, demographic factors, and child eligibility code factors on parent satisfaction with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Surveys and interviews were conducted with 207 parents in the Southwest border region whose children had been evaluated for special education…
Descriptors: Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedPlunge, Michele M.; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – Special Services in the Schools, 1995
Examined levels of parental knowledge of PL 94-142, participation in special education related activities, and satisfaction with special education services. Respondents (n=112) were knowledgeable about PL 94-142, involved in their child's special education services, and generally satisfied with services their child was receiving. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Knowledge Level
Cho, Su-Je; Gannotti, Mary E. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Twenty Korean-American mothers of children with disabilities participated in interviews concerning perceptions of the expertise, attitudes, and behavior of social and educational service providers, differences in cultural values and communication styles, and the need and use of translation services. Mothers reported satisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mothers, Disabilities, Educational Experience
Alberta Education, 2008
The 2007/2008 Parents of Children with Severe Special Needs Survey is conducted to obtain opinions from parents of children with severe special needs to assess their satisfaction with key areas of the education system. A random sample of 816 parents of children with severe special needs completed the survey. Severe special needs descriptions…
Descriptors: Parents, Severe Disabilities, Child Rearing, Children
