September 2019 - Special Educator e-Journal
Table of Contents
- Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel
- Buzz from the Hub
- Parent Advocacy in Special Education: A Review of the Literature. By Arianna Barroso
- Parental Involvement and its Effect in Education. By Lymairy Checo
- Relationships between Family and Children with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature. By Stephanie Estrada
- Executive Functions and Students with Disabilities. By Maria Frontela
- Stigmas Based on Mental Health Based on the Hispanic Community. By Samantha M. Groover
- Parents Coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Literature Review. By Marisol Lorenzo
- The Perceptions of Arab-American Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities. By Abdulmajeed Alzahrani
- NASET Latest Job Postings
- Acknowledgements
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Special Education Legal Alert
By Perry A. Zirkel
© August 2019
This month’s update concerns issues that were subject to recent published federal court decisions and are of general significance: (a) exclusionary discipline of students with disabilities on the basis of school safety, and (b) attorneys’ fees for prevailing parents. Both of these cases relate to other items available on my website perryzirkel.com.
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- Off to a Good Start! Back to School Checklist
- What to Do the First Day, Week and Month Back to School When Your Kid Has an IEP
- Need to Share Info on Early Childhood Development in Other Languages?
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- Parent of Special Ed Student Spotlights Powerful Tool for Advocacy
- Immigrants’ Guide to Navigating American Health Care
- 7 Self-Care Tips for Nonprofit Professionals
- The Types Of Self-Care You Should Be Practicing
- 30 Ways To Treat Yourself No Matter What
- This Is What Self-Care Looks Like for Parents of Kids With Disabilities
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Parent Advocacy in Special Education: A Review of the Literature
By Arianna Barroso
Parents of students with disabilities face many challenges when learning and understanding the needs of their students. One of the biggest challenges that most parents face is advocating for their child. Parents believe that advocacy leads to positive results in their child’s education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) allows children with disabilities to receive a free and appropriate public education. IDEA requires parent involvement in any decisions made about the child’s education. Parents should be included through the process of identifying, referring, assessing, and providing special education services.
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Parental Involvement and its Effect in Education
By Lymairy Checo
This paper reviews literature regarding parental involvement and its effect on education. Often parents are not as involved in their child’s education, which according to the literature could lead to less effective intervention for special needs students, as well as more referrals to special education programs. This paper also goes over some strategies to increase parental involvement in school programs.
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Relationships between Family and Children with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
By Stephanie Estrada
Parenting reflects greatly on the influence of a child’s academic and nonacademic success. A wide range of developmental factors may be affected, including brain development, socioemotional, motor, cognitive, and behavioral development, psychopathology, school adjustment, and later delinquency (Belsky & Haan, 2011).
Children, regardless of lack or presence of a disability, have caretakers that they refer to as parental figures. Based on the behavior of a specific child, the parenting style, or manner of disciplinary action, may vary. While cultural implications, as well as customary practices, may play a role in the methods that adults choose to reprimand their child. As much, it is evident that children with disabilities may exert behaviors that are not common, or otherwise distinct to their disability, and so approaches may alter even more severely in this case.
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Executive Functions and Students with Disabilities
By Maria Frontela
As the educational research continues to grow, pathways of classroom population and student learning outcomes stretch into various theories. Inclusion classroom populations vary in student demographics. Classrooms can include but are not limited to students with varying learning disabilities, students on the Autism Spectrum, and students who have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (AD/HD). Although disabilities are unique to one another, they may have common deficits amongst them. Teachers of inclusion classrooms would benefit from understanding the common deficits and targeting them through classroom instruction and management. The purpose of this literature review is to connect the research of executive functioning skills and students with disabilities, particularly AD/HD, reading disability (RD), and high functioning Autism (HFA).
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Stigmas Based on Mental Health Based on the Hispanic Community
By Samantha M. Groover
Mental health seems to be a topic of conversation that rarely talked about even though it affects many people. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2017), nearly one in five adults in the United States have some form mental illness. Mental illness is a very broad condition and it can be categorized into two categories: Any Mental Illness (AMI) and Serious Mental Illness (SMI). AMI can be defined as a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that can vary in severity. SMI is defined as a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder resulting in serious interreferences in daily activities.
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Parents Coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Literature Review
By Marisol Lorenzo
Abstract
The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate the effectiveness of different evidence-based practices implemented by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to cope with the stress of controlling problem behaviors such as aggression, tantrums, inattention, and other challenging situations like disruptive behaviors and lack of communication skills. This literature review provides evidence that parental training, Coping Self?Efficacy, Compass for Hope, and mindfulness-based interventions contribute to improved quality of live and concept of satisfaction with life of families that have children on the spectrum. In addition, studies reviewed in this manuscript suggest that when parents develop their stress coping styles and increase their levels of tolerance, they are more capable of managing and controlling their child’s maladaptive behaviors.
Keywords: autism, challenging behaviors, parent stress, parental training, coping strategies.
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The Perceptions of Arab-American Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
By Abdulmajeed Alzahrani
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Cultural background and the impact that individuals carry with themselves are depicted through their responses toward almost everything in life. The data in relation with the culture of the minorities present in the USA currently is difficult to find, while the data related to Arab-Americans specifically is non-existent. The proportion of the Arab-American population in the USA and their contribution toward society will always imply which cultural lineage they belong to (Housey, 2015). Their life in the USA, assorted contributions in raising a family, and settling in the cross-cultural environment shows a mindset that is informed by cultural practices. The lack of studies present on Arab-Americans and their culture halts the process of gathering their perceptions regarding raising a child with learning disabilities in their family.
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Acknowledgements
Portions of this or previous month’s NASET’s Special Educator e-Journal were excerpted from:
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- FirstGov.gov-The Official U.S. Government Web Portal
- Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (JAASEP)
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
- National Institute of Health
- National Organization on Disability
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Education-The Achiever
- U.S. Department of Education-The Education Innovator
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Office of Special Education
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) thanks all of the above for the information provided for this or prior editions of the Special Educator e-Journal