Addressing Over-Representation of African American Students in Special Education: The Prereferral Intervention Process. An Administrator's Guide.

Institution	Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA.; National Alliance of Black School Educators, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Addressing Over-Representation of African American Students in Special Education: The Prereferral Intervention Process. An Administrator's Guide.
Quelle	(2002), (52 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-86586-955-3
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Black Students; Disabilities; Disability Identification; Disproportionate Representation; Elementary Secondary Education; Prereferral Intervention; Racial Factors; Special Education; Student Placement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Disziplinierung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Schülerpraktikum
Abstract	This guide for administrators addresses the problem of the frequent over-identification of African American students as disabled resulting in over-representation of this population in special education programs. The guide focuses on preventive strategies--specifically, how administrators may use the prereferral intervention process, school climate, family involvement, and professional development to prevent and/or help reduce the over-representation of African American students in special education. The guide first presents an overview of over-representation, including U.S. Department of Education data showing the extent and seriousness of the problem. It then considers how the law supports administrators in addressing over-representation of African American students in special education. Next, the guide examines how experienced practitioners and researchers suggest administrators might intervene to prevent and eliminate the over-representation of African American students in their districts through a prereferral intervention process, attention to school climate, family involvement, and professional development. Resources on over-representation are also listed. (Contains 47 references.) (DB)
Anmerkungen	Council for Exceptional Children, IDEA Local Implementation by Local Administrators Partnership (ILIAD), 1110 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA 22201-5704 ($15.50 members, 17.50 non-members, plus shipping). Tel: 888-232-7733 (Toll Free); Fax: 703-264-9494; e-mail: service@cec.sped.org. For full text: http://www.ideapractices.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC