Parent Empowerment: Respecting Their Voices

Autor/inn/en	Hsiao, Yun-Ju; Higgins, Kyle; Diamond, Lindsay
Titel	Parent Empowerment: Respecting Their Voices
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children, 51 (2018) 1, S.43-53 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0599
DOI	10.1177/0040059918790240
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Empowerment; Disabilities; Student Needs; Parent School Relationship; Change Agents; Advocacy; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Special Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Handicap; Behinderung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	The emphasis on parents in addressing the needs of children with disabilities is of great importance as education enters the second decade of the 21st century. This involves a movement from parents being passive recipients of decisions being made about their child by those outside of the family (e.g., teachers, service providers) to being empowered entities voicing their concerns, making decisions, and being involved at all levels of their child's education (Connor & Cavendish, 2018; Valle, 2018; Turnbull et al., 2015). This results in stronger connections among the school, parents, teachers, and communities as well as a greater likelihood of positive long-term educational and social outcomes for children with disabilities (Morrow & Malin, 2004). This article presents the theoretical components of parent empowerment: (1) Parents as ecocultural entities; (2) Parents as critical reflectors; (3) Parents as participatory change agents; and (4) Parents as advocates over time. It goes on to describe how educators and administrators can facilitate empowerment for parents within the school setting: (1) Collecting information related to the families and the community in which the school is based (e.g., economics, languages, diversity). This has been labeled the "ecocultural lens" through which a parent of family views school-based interactions and brings the culture of the home and community into the school setting (Cen & Aytac, 2017; Turnbull et al., 2015); (2) Facilitating parent reflection by conducting structured interviews with the parents; and (3) Supporting parents as participatory change agents over time. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01