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Holzberg, Debra Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Raue & Lewis, 2011), students with disabilities (SWD) attend postsecondary education at rates similar to their peers without disabilities. However, graduation rates from postsecondary educational settings for SWD are disparate from those of their counterparts without disabilities.…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Self Advocacy, Conflict Resolution
McLaughlin, Sheryl A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
These retrospective case studies used a qualitative approach to examine how three mid-west high schools implemented RTI programs in order to raise the achievement of students with disabilities. The study examined two high schools that met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for their measurable subgroup of students with disabilities. A third high…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Response to Intervention, Academic Achievement, High School Students
Mathews-Perez, Amy Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to understand the ways in which three parents of students with disabilities and three public school campus administrators negotiated dilemmas through discourse during Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings in a South Texas public school district. The participants in this study included the stakeholders in ARD…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Discourse Analysis, Parents
Meier, Irene M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) contains procedural safeguard provisions for parents [20 U.S.C. section 615]. Among these safeguards are (1) dispute resolution, (2) mediation, and (3) administrative hearing. Getty and Summy (2004) contend that some district litigation could be prevented if districts were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Court Litigation, Special Education, Severe Mental Retardation
Ladner, Jana R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) mandates services from birth through age 21 for children with disabilities and their families (U.S. Department of Education, 2004). Children experience significant transitions between formal parts of special education, including the transition from birth-to-age-three services, to…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Parenting Styles, Disabilities, Parents
Rodriguez, Berta C. Ortiz – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Parent-school relationships are vital to the success of student achievement. Effective parent-school relationships are especially beneficial to students with disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires parental participation in partnership with the school staff when developing the individual educational programs…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parents, Barriers, Parent Attitudes