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Download full textMontalvo, Lisa; Naeem, Taiyabah; Bengtson, Lia – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2020
In February 2019, a counselor, a project manager, and a teacher from the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center were chosen as inclusive excellence ambassadors to the Gallaudet University Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. As inclusive excellence ambassadors, Lisa Montalvo, Taiyabah Naeem, and Lia Bengtson believe the division's…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Minority Group Students, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Direct linkHall, Tony – European Journal of Education, 2017
This issue of the "European Journal of Education" examines a crucially important, though largely overlooked, area in educational design research: architecting and building physical educational environments. Effective policymaking in school design necessitates the negotiated, shared and timely input of key educational stakeholders,…
Descriptors: Architecture, School Buildings, Educational Facilities Design, Reggio Emilia Approach
Wiart, Lesley – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2011
The study by Tefft et al. (2011, in this issue) is one of the few studies that have explored the impact of pediatric powered mobility on families. The parents who participated in their study reported increased satisfaction with their children's social and play skills, ability to move independently, sleeping patterns, and public perception of their…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life, Assistive Technology, Child Development
Watkins, Shanea J.; Lips, Dan – Heritage Foundation, 2009
While many have focused on the program's positive impact on academic achievement, a recent Department of Education evaluation also studied how the program has affected students' educational experiences in other ways, including school safety and school climate. Past evaluations have reported that school safety was an important reason why families…
Descriptors: Scholarships, School Choice, Private Schools, Educational Vouchers
Beck, John – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2007
This paper critiques what it sees as a tendency on the part of certain social researchers to engage in moralistic critiques of middle-class parents, especially in relation to the choices and actions of such parents within educational quasi-markets. It proceeds to a linked critique of the influence within education of certain aspects of the work of…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Parent Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Theories
Foster-Harrison, Elizabeth S.; Peel, Henry A. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Examines attributes of middle level classrooms and schools perceived by parents as inviting, and attributes related to student behavior and achievement. Notes that inviting schools/classrooms are characterized by a clean, neat building, student work displays, and pleasant wall colors. Environmental features that parents believe are related to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture
Peer reviewedLevav, Itzhak – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1990
Reviews findings of study on mortality effects of parental bereavement. Describes negative findings of study in which mortality risk of parents who lost son in war or accident was compared with mortality pattern of control group, calling findings surprising in view of evidence produced by studies on conjugal bereavement. Sees need for additional…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adjustment (to Environment), Bereavement, Death
Peer reviewedAllen, Julius C.; Allen, Martha L. – Volta Review, 1979
Written by the parents of a deaf child, the article describes their experiences and their own personal reactions after learning of their child's deafness, and how they adjusted. The mother's perspective is given special attention, and the parents' relationships with professional personnel are also discussed. (DLS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedFraser, Helen; Caddell, Dorothy – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Compared group and individual interviews to determine views of staff and 40 parents from four Scottish preschool centers. Found that parents' priorities for their children lie in the emotional and social domain and that they want a warm and homelike experience. Argues that staff should harness this parental "force" to resist pressures…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHolmes, Donna – Children Today, 1979
Presents an adoptive parent's anecdotal report of an unhappy and unsuccessful adoption of an older child. (RH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Adoption, Discipline Problems
Peer reviewedBerkan, William A. – Children Today, 1979
Describes the development of a cooperative relationship between natural and boarding home parents of handicapped children. (RN)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Boarding Homes, Emotional Response, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedAnderegg, M. L.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
A model of the grief cycle was developed based on data from studies of the grief process and observations of 130 parents of children with disabilities. The model involves three phases: confronting (including shock, denial, blame/guilt); adjusting (depression, anger, bargaining); and adapting (lifestyle changes, realistic planning, adjusted…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Depression (Psychology), Disabilities
Wallich, Lynn R. – 1980
A review of the literature on school climate provides a conceptual framework for this study in which the Kettering School Climate Profile was administered twice to students, teachers, parents, and administrators in the Stoughton Middle School (Stoughton, Wisconsin). The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between organizational…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Peer reviewedJohnson, Penny R.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1987
Reports data from one phase of a longitudinal study of transracial adoptions. Assesses issues of the child's overall adjustment and the emergence of racial identity. Offers two divergent interpretations of the data. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Adoption, Blacks
Gleason, David J. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Presents ten critical points that one parent considers when visiting and making judgments about a day care center and its program. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
