A child's education, both academic and social, is significantly improved through effective
collaborations between families andschools. For young children withdisabilities …

In an attempt to best prepare educators to promote collaborative partnerships with families,
this chapter presents information about barriers to family involvement. Individuals with …

Home-school collaborations offer the promise of increased social and academic outcomes
for students with disabilities. This qualitative study examines the practices of 25 preservice …

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975), PL-94142, mandated parent
participation as a required component of the provision of special education services to …

All parents can and should participate meaningfully in their children's education, including
those whose children receive special education services. The value of parent participation …

The purpose of this article is to explore family-oriented partnership models to engage
families of young children with disabilities in inclusive programmes. Family engagement is …

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate and develop effective school-family
partnerships for students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds, specifically focusing on …

232 INTERVENTION IN SCHOOL AND CLINIC tional participation is not necessarily better
for the family as a unit. Due to the demands of simply being a parent of a child with a …

ABSTRACT 18 qualitative investigations of families of children with disabilities from
nondominant communities and their perspectives on home-school partnerships were …

Within the ecological perspective of human development, social institutions such as families
and schools have a major impact on children's learning, as well as on their cognitive, social …