Parental involvement has been strongly associated with improved educational outcomes for elementary school-aged children. Regardless, parental involvement has been lacking in many school districts, though the causes of reduced involvement remain understudied. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the reasons for the decline…

Adult refugees often turn to informal learning opportunities, such as family literacy programs, to learn English. These programs often promote dominant, neoliberal ideologies and invoke a deficit lens that intends to fix newcomers. This chapter looks at the learning experiences of Kurdish refugees who participated in a family literacy program in…

Increasingly, teachers face the perpetual problem of student misbehavior, which undermines student achievement and quality education. Teachers rely on effective classroom management strategies and school discipline policies to curb student disruptions. Traditionally, disciplinary responses involved suspension, which can negatively impact students.…

People with complex communication needs are frequently excluded from shopping independently by communication access barriers in the retail industry. In this pilot study, seven participants with CCN who use augmentative and alternative communication devices were interviewed about their perceptions of accessible communication and inclusion by…

Parent-mediated interventions complement professional services and empower parents. In music therapy, this treatment modality is emerging. A systematic review was conducted to assess the existence of parent-mediated music interventions with children with ASD, identify the characteristics of parent coaching used, and summarize results. Thirteen…

Most mental health professionals encounter challenges to helping youth and families enroll and participate in mental health services. The empirical literature suggests that most engagement strategies are well-suited for certain types of engagement challenges. In this mixed-methods study, we examined whether mental health professionals reported…

This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to explore the perceptions of school leaders, parents, and teachers in an urban school about strategies to motivate students to improve attendance and decrease absenteeism. The problem addressed by this study is the negative impact chronic absenteeism has on the social climate of a school and…

Children's self-regulation has shown to be related to the trajectories across various domains of adaptive functioning and school success. Delay in self-regulation development represents an area of major challenge for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (e.g., Jahromi, 2017), a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent…

Previous studies have presented a clear link between teachers' professional identity construction and teacher effectiveness and have considered the teacher professional identity as a pivotal factor to teachers' effectiveness, decision-making about their career, commitment to the profession, as well as engagement in professional development…

Previous studies have presented a clear link between teachers' professional identity construction and teacher effectiveness and have considered the teacher professional identity as a pivotal factor to teachers' effectiveness, decision-making about their career, commitment to the profession, as well as engagement in professional development…

Parental involvement in education is a necessity for student success. Appropriate parental involvement is by nature a subjective concept, and parents, teachers, and school administrators all have their own ideas of what parental involvement includes. But what of parental involvement during the COVID-19 Pandemic? This study was conducted to explore…

Using narrative inquiry, the purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the persistence and retention factors of sexual assault survivors on college campuses. This study involved six participants sharing their lived experiences through semi-structured individual interviews and engaged participants in arts-based research to…

In NCAA intercollegiate athletics, the number of female athletics directors is substantially lower than the number of male athletics directors. Among the three divisions, Division III has supported the greatest population of women in athletic director positions consistently. African American women have not seen the same success at Division III…

This article explores how a school's decision to "become co-operative" affects its engagement relationships with students and parents. The findings stem from a wider study exploring approaches to engagement in a recently converted co-operative academy, a large secondary school in a northern English city. The article surfaces the…

Hong Kong is in need of adequately trained educators and educational leaders to meet the needs of children who live there. The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) has been trying to meet those needs by offering a curriculum that goes beyond teaching content and subject knowledge by incorporating service learning opportunities. Service…