Using Due Process Opinions as an Opportunity to Improve Educational Practice

Autor/inn/en	Rock, Marcia L.; Bateman, David
Titel	Using Due Process Opinions as an Opportunity to Improve Educational Practice
Quelle	In: Intervention in School and Clinic, 45 (2009) 1, S.52-62 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-4512
DOI	10.1177/1053451209338392
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Hearings; Disabilities; Educational Practices; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Opinions; Special Education; Partnerships in Education; Outcomes of Education; Evaluation; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Public Education; Federal Legislation; Compensatory Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lehrmeinung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Evaluierung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bundesrecht; Kompensatorischer Unterricht
Abstract	There is little question that today's society is a litigious one, and few professions can escape the realities of such. Although there is no mandate for national data collection on special education due process hearings (Ahearn, 2002), Chambers, Harr, and Dhanani (2003) estimate that more than 9,000 requests for dispute resolution are made per year. The hearings that result from unresolved disputes between parents and school district personnel are often stressful (Lombardi & Ludlow, 2004; O'Shea, Bateman, Algozzine, & O'Shea, 2004), and the outcomes are frequently disappointing to both parties (Mills & Duff-Mallams, 2004; Vitello, 1990). In this article, the authors attempt to broaden discussion about due process by pointing out potential benefits frequently overlooked in practice and in the professional literature. They begin by offering a redacted or summarized version of a due process case as example. They present reasons why education professionals should view due process hearings as instructive, and then they follow up with suggestions about how educators can best use legal reviews of decision summaries. (Contains 4 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10