Deserving immigrants and good advocate mothers: Immigrant mothers' negotiations of special education systems for children with disabilities

N Kibria, WS Becerra - Social problems, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Drawing on observational data and 30 in-depth interviews, we examine how immigrant
mothers of color from diverse class, ethnic, and racial backgrounds negotiate public special …

Navigating disability and related services: Stories of immigrant families

KP Cummings, BJ Hardin - Early Child Development and Care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cultural beliefs, values, language differences, and unfamiliar educational infrastructures and
practices can impact immigrant parents' capacity to support their children with disabilities in …

Immigrant mothers as advocates: Understanding how Korean immigrant mothers of children with disabilities navigate special education in the USA

D Choe, CA Barrett, J Kwon… - School Psychology …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite a myriad of linguistic and cultural barriers, immigrant parents of children with
disabilities in the United States have adopted a variety of advocacy strategies. Drawing …

Wizards and witches: Parent advocates and contention in special education in the USA

J Nespor, D Hicks - Journal of Education Policy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing on interviews with parents of children with significant disabilities, as well as
administrators and special education consultants, between the early 1990s and 2008 in a …

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the equity imperative: Examining early childhood transitions to special education

CK Voulgarides, BL Barrio - Multiple Voices, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Equity issues continue to surround the supports and services provided to students with
dis/abilities from birth onward, especially for children of color and despite extensive legal …

[图书][B] Meeting families where they are: Building equity through advocacy with diverse schools and communities

B Harry, L Ocasio-Stoutenburg - 2020 - books.google.com
This book presents an in-depth discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy
have been constructed in American society, including recommendations for a more …

Immigrant and refugee families raising children with disabling conditions: a review of the international literature on service access, service utilization, and service care …

GA King, VM Esses, N Solomon - US immigration and education …, 2013 - books.google.com
Population-based surveys indicate that access to health care is influenced by ethnocultural
factors (Newacheck, Stoddard, & McManus, 1993). Little is known, however, about the …

It's like I have an advantage in all this: experiences of advocacy by parents of children with disabilities from professional backgrounds

S Taylor, AC Wright, H Pothier, C Hill… - J. Soc. & Soc …, 2019 - HeinOnline
Supports and services for children with disabilities are not distributed equitably. There are
disparities in access to and quality of services for children with disabilities from low-income …

Equity, parental/caregiver 'Power,'and disability policy in the US Context

C Voulgarides - International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this article is to compel educators to think critically about how the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a prominent school-based legislation in the United …

The advocacy efforts of African American mothers of children with disabilities in rural special education: Considerations for school professionals

SLG Stanley - Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Legislation maintains expectations that educators form partnerships with parents,
specifically within the field of special education (IDEA, 2004), and requires schools to allow …