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Amanda N. Johnston; Meghan M. Burke – Exceptionality, 2024
High quality family-professional partnerships promote the personal, social, and academic growth of students with disabilities. However, due to systemic barriers, such partnerships can be difficult, especially for families from low-resourced communities. Using the Sunshine Model, the purpose of this systematic literature review was to characterize…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Barriers, Family School Relationship
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Mitchell L. Yell; M. Renee Bradley – Exceptionality, 2024
In 1974, the Education for all Handicapped Protection Act was signed into law by President Gerald Ford. This law which was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990, established a federal entitlement to special education for eligible students with disabilities. In 1982 and again in 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
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Kristina Rios; Wei-Mo Tu – Exceptionality, 2024
Family involvement is an essential component of the special education process for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In addition to the legal requirement that parents should be equal partners in the decision-making of the student's individualized education program (IEP) program (IDEA, 2004), a bulk of empirical research…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Special Education, Individualized Education Programs, Parent Attitudes