Special Education: Examining the Impact of Poverty on the Quality of Life of Families of Children with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Enwefa, Regina L.; Enwefa, Stephen C.; Jennings, Robert
Titel	Special Education: Examining the Impact of Poverty on the Quality of Life of Families of Children with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Forum on Public Policy Online, 2006 (2006) 1, (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-9809
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Quality of Life; Disabilities; Children; Family Environment; Cultural Influences; Stress Variables; Identification (Psychology); Evaluation Methods; Classification; Incidence; Access to Education; Individual Characteristics; Social Influences; Access to Health Care; Advocacy; Employment Level; Housing; Student Needs; Empowerment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Lebensqualität; Handicap; Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Familienmilieu; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Vorkommen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialer Einfluss; Sozialanwaltschaft; Beschäftigungsgrad; Unterkunft
Abstract	Today, school personnel are facing many challenges in their efforts to serve diverse families and children with disabilities. Inadequate human and fiscal capacity, attitudinal and cultural barriers are among the many hurdles that must be surmounted for successful provision of related services. Decisions about who is educated versus who is habilitated or treated are often tied to classification systems that do not provide the necessary support for families and children with disabilities. The process by which parents become more autonomous as consumers of services for children with disabilities is complex. Educators cannot be a vehicle for parents until they are able to have a better understanding of the system within which these families exist and function. This article examined the impact of poverty including cultural amnesia on the quality of life of families of children with disabilities. Additionally, the presentation will highlight (1) who are children with disabilities?; (2) Family unit and cultural system; (3) impact of poverty stressors in life, identification, and assessment procedures for children with disabilities; (4) incidence of disabilities, international classification, and criteria for classification systems; and (5) conceptual professional collaboration model for related services. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2018/2/05