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Jamie N. Pearson; Janet K. Outlaw; Jared H. Stewart-Ginsburg; DeVoshia L. Mason Martin – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Black children and their families encounter systemic disadvantages in their journey to and through an autism diagnosis. Black families often experience social and systemic barriers to service use. Providing family-centered, psychoeducational interventions can reduce barriers to service access and utilization for Black families raising autistic…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, African American Children, African American Family, Clinical Diagnosis
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Susnara, Daniela M.; Curtner-Smith, M. D. – Physical Educator, 2023
The purpose of this study was to describe community partners' (CPs) perceptions of an out-of-school swimming program (OSSP) for underĀ­served children and youth. Participants were four CPs associated with the OSSP during three consecutive summers and parents of the children and youth who participated in the program. We employed a theoretical…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth, School Community Programs
Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Alvira-Hammond, Marta; Carlson, Julianna; Logan, Deja – Child Trends, 2021
This issue brief is the first in a series examining timely topics that are relevant to Black families and children in the United States. The series identifies key information and opportunities for consideration by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, and others interested in supporting the progress of Black families and…
Descriptors: African American Family, African American Children, Blacks, Racial Bias
Dyson, Anne Haas – Teachers College Press, 2021
Anne Dyson confronts race and racism head-on with this ethnographic study of a child's efforts to belong--to be a child among children. Follow the journey of a small Black child, Ta'Von, as he moves from a culturally inclusive preschool through the early grades in a school located in a majority white neighborhood. Readers will see Ta'Von…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, African American Children, Educational Environment, Racial Composition
Sirad Shirdon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative study explores the transition to kindergarten special education of four Somali autistic children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This dissertation answers a single, two-part research question: What aspects of the transition to kindergarten process do stakeholders find facilitate the transition process? What parts of the transition do…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Kindergarten, Special Education
Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Carlson, Julianna; Alvira-Hammond, Marta – Child Trends, 2021
This issue brief is one in a series examining timely topics that are relevant to Black families and children in the United States. The series identifies key information and opportunities for consideration by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, and others interested in supporting the progress of Black families and…
Descriptors: African American Family, African American Children, Public Policy, Access to Education