ERIC Number: EJ1352209
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 16
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Diversity, Disability, and Decision-Making: Examining the Perceptions of Educational Decision-Makers
Costa, Annela; Cramer, Elizabeth D.
Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, v22 n1 p39-54 Spr-Sum 2022
The purpose of this nonexperimental, quantitative study was to explore the perceptions of educational decision-makers regarding the importance of factors that relate to educational decision-making for racially, ethnically, or linguistically minoritized students who may have disabilities. Further, the researchers explored the relationship between the cultural intelligence of educational decision-makers and their perceptions of the importance of factors that relate to educational decision-making. Educational decision-makers (n = 120) included teachers, school psychologists, and local education agents. Results revealed that participants perceived factors related to prereferral/referral processes to be more important in decision-making when compared to factors related to eligibility determination; yet participants self-reported feeling more confidence in making decisions involving eligibility determination. Cultural intelligence was found to be a significant predictor of participants' reported confidence for making such decisions. Participants found language to be a particularly important area to consider in their decision-making. Findings may serve to inform equitable special education policies and practice and improve educational decision-making regarding students with diverse educational needs.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Psychologists, Counselor Attitudes, Decision Making, Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities, Referral, Eligibility, Self Concept, Cultural Awareness, Predictor Variables, Equal Education, Special Education, Special Needs Students
Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners, Council for Exceptional Children. Great Lakes Equity Center. Indiana University School of Education-IUPUI, 902 W. New York St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. Tel: 317-278-3493; e-mail: mvjourn@iupui.edu; Web site: https://meridian.allenpress.com/mvedel
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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