A long-standing issue in the United States has been the disproportionate representation of African American males in special education (Chin et al., 2020). This interpretive qualitative phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of implicit bias in the special education referral process for multidisciplinary team members and the…

Supporting children to successfully transition from primary to secondary school is of utmost importance for several reasons, including to prevent future emotional and behavioural problems. Level Up is a novel, UK-based intervention consisting of five online group sessions, straddling the summer holidays, and providing at-risk children and their…

This dissertation examines the factors influencing the self-efficacy of PreK-8th grade educators in supporting students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in southeastern Louisiana. This qualitative phenomenological study analyzes the lived experiences of educators to identify critical influences, such as classroom experience,…

Based on an overarching analysis of the ecological levels or contexts that implementers experienced as barriers and facilitators in the delivery of a mindfulness-based social-emotional learning program, this study reveals the importance of relational trust between the implementer and actors within the various ecological levels. This study applies…

Family engagement in children's learning is an evidence-based approach supporting student learning. This study examines four primary school teachers' family engagement practice, within a non-dominant community. Utilising the framework of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR), the teachers examined their partnerships with families,…

Background: Parental involvement in early childhood is foundational to a child's later academic achievement (Heckman, 2007). Parent-child book reading is frequently recommended as a way to build a child's early cognitive skills. Evidence suggests that mother-child reading time increases children's vocabulary and reading skills (Price & Kalil,…

This qualitative study examined families' experiences supporting young children's (ages 3-8) remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-three participants completed open-ended questions in an online survey and three of those participants shared further in an online, recorded focus-group interview. Parents revealed young children's…

Distance education for students with learning disabilities (LDs) has been used as an official practice in Saudi Arabia since COVID-19's outbreak. This study's aim was to explore the obstacles to distance education (DE) for these students and ways to face them based on teachers' opinions. In Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, 111 female LDs teachers…

The National Association of School Psychology recognizes the role that family engagement holds on school functioning and student outcomes. This article describes a qualitative study using constructivist grounded theory to explore systems-level family engagement practices in urban schools that implemented a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model…

The COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020 created many difficulties for both families and schools. Drastic lifestyle changes had to be made, and many schools across the United States were closed indefinitely, with a rapid transition to "remote/virtual/distance learning." Latinx families, many from diverse backgrounds, were one of many special…

The integration of Syrian children into the Turkish national educational system has been an important issue in the field of Turkish educational policy since 2011 when the Syrian crisis caused millions of people to seek asylum in Turkey. After Temporary Education Centers (TECs) in refugee camps were phased out due to the changing inclusive…

For students to be able to read and comprehend, they must first develop phonological awareness, the ability to recognize and manipulate the segments of sound in words. To develop this ability, students must be able to identify the following: individual sounds (phonemes) in words; print letters of the alphabet; and corresponding sounds for each…

Family involvement and school-family cooperation are essential determinants in a child's learning process in early childhood have further increased the significance of family involvement in the distance education process. This study aims to investigate the effects of the "Distance Education and Technology Use during the Pandemic" online…

How engaged families are in their children's lives, whether at home or in school, predicts child success in school and in life. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to identify activities, opportunities, and barriers to engaging families within Wayne County, Michigan for children and their families with and without Individualized Education…

For students to be able to read with greater fluency and comprehension, they must first develop their understanding of morphology, the knowledge of meaningful word parts in the language. To develop this understanding, students must learn the following: letter patterns and word parts, the relation of sounds to letters, and high-frequency word…