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Meeting the Needs of Parents of Children with Disabilities in Rural Schools.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Mathews, Rachel A. Whitfield, Patty
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	A study explored strategies for improving the involvement of parents with children with disabilities in rural schools. Data collected from 52 parents of children with disabilities in Central Virginia rural schools supported several findings of earlier studies conducted among lower socioeconomic groups. Answers to open-ended questions in the survey revealed some possible obstacles to participating in school related activities. Reasons included interference with job schedule, transportation difficulties, single parent home situations, lack of child care, and inconvenient meeting times. Another reason cited was that teachers did not pay attention to parents or did not respect their opinions. The parents identified three major needs: training programs, support groups, and teacher contact and recognition. The following recommendations are provided for increasing parental involvement: appointing a home-school liaison, using parents as recruiters, training active parents, meeting in an informal setting, seeking parents' interests and needs, recognizing parents' efforts, establishing a network with community resources, being optimistic, involving parents in the decision-making process, offering literacy training programs, organizing community projects, being flexible with timing, and establishing top to bottom responsibility. (Contains 15 references.) (CR) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Meeting the Needs of Rural Parents 1 Running Head: MEETING THE NEEDS OF RURAL PARENTS Meeting the Needs of Parents of Children with Disabilities in Rural Schools 1 Rachel Mathews Ed.D. Associate Professor of Special Education And Patty Whitfield Ph. D. Associate Professor of Special Education Longwood College Farmville, VA 23909 Phone (804) 395 2532 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED454672.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
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