Taking Action! Administrators' Initiatives to Involve Elementary Students in Their IEP Meetings

Autor/inn/en	Piombino, Alexis A.; Reinert, Paul M.
Titel	Taking Action! Administrators' Initiatives to Involve Elementary Students in Their IEP Meetings
Quelle	In: Journal of Special Education Leadership, 36 (2023) 1, S.33-42 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-1810
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Administrators; Individualized Education Programs; Student Participation; Meetings; Students with Disabilities; Student Rights; Self Determination; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Meeting; Tagung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Selbstbestimmung
Abstract	Providing opportunities for students with disabilities to engage in activities that can promote self-determination is deemed best practice (Landmark et al., 2010; Wehmeyer et al., 2013). One setting where these skills may be continually refined is during an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting (Agran & Hughes, 2008; Arndt et al., 2006; Barnard-Brak & Lechtenberger, 2010). Despite almost 30 years of research regarding secondary education student participation in IEP meetings, studies addressing IEP participation for elementary students, including change initiatives focused on including elementary students in their IEP meetings, is limited. This article presents findings from a qualitative, multiple-case study of two public school districts in which special education administrators implemented an initiative to involve elementary students in their IEP meetings. Results revealed themes that include motivations and beliefs that led to the inclusion of elementary students in their IEP meetings, the steps involved in implementing the change, barriers that impeded elementary student involvement in their IEP meetings, and how the change to include elementary students in their IEP meetings is being sustained. The study supports a recommendation that involving younger students in their IEP meetings should become a reality in schools. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council of Administrators of Special Education. 1675 East Seminole Street Suite L1, Springfield, MO 65804. Tel: 417-427-7720; Fax: 417-427-6520; e-mail: office@casecec.org; Web site: https://www.casecec.org/journal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01