The problem addressed was the low parental engagement of immigrant families who have special needs and the significant challenges adversely affecting the attainment and sustainment of their engagement with the school community. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple case study was to explore the perspectives and experiences of West African immigrant parents who have children with special needs. A conceptual framework integrating Epstein's overlapping spheres of influence and Yosso's community cultural wealth model informed the study. The sample included 15 immigrant parents from five West African countries who had children with special needs attending public school in Virginia. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interview transcripts resulted in 13 themes answering the four research questions posed. The findings demonstrated how culture, stigma, work commitment and barriers interact to produce complex parental engagement experiences for West African immigrant parents with special needs children. It also promotes the understanding of West African immigrant parents in order to build support among immigrants. Implications of the findings include that there is room for growth in expanding parents' understanding of activities that may constitute engagement and for the school to make room for that growth to happen. Recommendations include for schools to work meaningfully with immigrant parents to define a position on parent engagement that may be parent focused as well as school and community focused. Future research should expand the geographic scope to include other regions with a West African immigrant population and employ a mixed-methods approach to triangulate the results. Personal biases can be mitigated by using an interview protocol, member checking, and including a varied research team that engages in introspection. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]