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Obstacles to Parental Involvement: A Study of Barriers to Participation in the Educational Process Faced by Black, Low Income, Inner City Parents of Handicapped Children. [Final Report].
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lowry, Mary S. |
| Copyright Year | 1983 |
| Abstract | To identify obstacles to involvement of Slack, loW income, innercity parents in the education of handicapped children 56 parents were interviewed. Transcriptions of the interviews revealed parents' feelings towards needs assessment, service delivery, information, attitudinal, and situational factors. In addition, patterns and recurrent themes in parents' experiences were noted. Demographic findings revealed a picture that included strong perceptions of assertiveness and relatively high interest in child advocacy groups and national, state, and local associations. Among informational and situational barriers identified were transportation problems, sense of social isolation, and feelings of helplessness brought on by lack of education and lack of knowledge about available services. Only 34% believed that there were community organizations successfully helping Black parents of handicapped children. While the majority of parents indicated satisfaction with the school programs of their children, parents were foundto be acutely aware of shortcomings in their child's placements. A substantial minority (38.9%) indicated they were unfamiliar with P.L. 94=142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and its provisions for handicapped children. Twelve recommendations were made, including emphasis on developing special information to be distributed in urban areas and training human service personnel to encourage parent involvement. (CL) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION I [Hit A 11()NAL lit S()(lfic 1', IN (114MA HON If 14 .1141( ..//r t., t,,.,.,, OBSTACLES TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT A Study of Barriers to Participation in the Educational Process Faced by Black; Low Income; Inner City Parents of Handicapped Children 1983 p, , 1,, IL it NIE OBSTACLES TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT A Study of _Barriers_ to Participation in the Educational Process Faced by_Blacki Low Income; Inner City Parents of Handicapped Children; Principal Investigator: Mary S. Lowry, Project Director Parents' Campaign for Handicapped Children and Youth 1201 16th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Research Consultants: ATLANTA: Dr. James M. Patton, Chairperson Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Virginia State University Petersburg, Virginia 23803 BALTIMORE: Dr. Ronald L; Braithwaite, Associate Director Institute for Urban Affairs and Research Howard University Washington, DC 20008 Sponsoring Agency: Parents' Campaign for Handicapped Children and Youth 1201 16th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Barbara Scheiber, Executive Director Work conducted in the project, Obstacles to Parental Involvement, was funded by a grant (G 008101535) from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Research Projects Branch, Washington, DC; Points of view or opinions stated herein do not necessarily represent an official position of the United States Department of Education. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED244487.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
