TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent Leadership and Civic Engagement
T2 - Suggestions for the Next Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization
AU - Rossetti, Zach
AU - Burke, Meghan M.
AU - Rios, Kristina
AU - Rivera, Javier I.
AU - Schraml-Block, Kristen
AU - Hughes, Oscar
AU - Lee, James D.
AU - Aleman-Tovar, Janeth
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Although parent involvement is a cornerstone of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), few individual parents of children with disabilities participate in civic engagement to voice their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. To address this gap, a civic engagement training was conducted with 95 parents of children with disabilities across four states. At the end of the training, participants completed videotaped testimonials voicing their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. Participant suggestions clustered around three themes: expanding IDEA to address specific concerns; adding text to provide specificity and clarity in IDEA; and implementing the current version of IDEA. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
AB - Although parent involvement is a cornerstone of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), few individual parents of children with disabilities participate in civic engagement to voice their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. To address this gap, a civic engagement training was conducted with 95 parents of children with disabilities across four states. At the end of the training, participants completed videotaped testimonials voicing their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. Participant suggestions clustered around three themes: expanding IDEA to address specific concerns; adding text to provide specificity and clarity in IDEA; and implementing the current version of IDEA. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
KW - IDEA reauthorization
KW - civic engagement
KW - disability
KW - parent advocacy
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U2 - 10.1177/1044207319901260
DO - 10.1177/1044207319901260
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079428319
VL - 31
SP - 99
EP - 111
JO - Journal of Disability Policy Studies
JF - Journal of Disability Policy Studies
SN - 1044-2073
IS - 2
ER -