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Download full textSuelzle, Marijean; Keenan, Vincent – 1980
Using data from a survey of 330 parents of developmentally disabled children, the paper examines parents' participation in and attitudes toward special interest groups and political activities. Findings indicate that parents are willing to participate in special interest groups and political activities to a much greater extent than they have…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities, Family Characteristics, Family Involvement
Jonietz, Patricia L. – 1991
This paper examines issues of special needs advocacy in an international context and describes BRUSH (Brussels Support for the Handicapped), an advocacy organization in Brussels, Belgium. The possibility that advocacy is a culturally determined concept is raised. BRUSH is a group of families from the international community of Brussels who provide…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Cultural Differences, Definitions
Bauman, Phoebe Lee – 1988
This study sought to determine if parents of gifted and talented learning-disabled children differed from parents of other gifted/talented children in their expectations of educational programming and parent-school relations. Subjects included 265 parents who were members of The Gifted and Talented Association of Montgomery County (Maryland) or…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Educational Practices, Expectation, Gifted
Ahearn, Eileen M. – 2001
A survey was conducted on the use of lay advocates to investigate state reaction to a recent court decision in Delaware on the use of lay advocates and the availability of representation for parents of students with disabilities in due process hearings. The Delaware Supreme Court found in 1999 that lay advocates representing parents at due process…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process
Gajar, Anna; Matuszny, Rose Marie – 2002
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a study that investigated the involvement of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-American Indian/Alaska Native parents of children with disabilities in the general educational and Individualized Education Program (IEP) processes, and the specific needs of parents that would…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Child Advocacy, Disabilities
Friesen, Barbara J. – 1991
This report describes a national survey of organizations of and for parents of children and adolescents with serious emotional disabilities. The telephone survey located 207 parent organizations of which 26.7 percent were publicly affiliated and 72.9 percent were either private, non-profit, or informally organized. About 54 percent were part of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Alaska State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Juneau. Div. of Social Services. – 1977
This Task Force Report generates 5 general themes for improving the state foster care system (all geared to improving the functioning of the natural family and using foster care as a temporary tool to facilitate that process) and makes specific recommendations which deal with these themes. The 5 themes are: (1) during crisis situations, a child…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, Case Records, Certification
