An Analysis of Factors That Contribute to Parent-School Conflict in Special Education.

Lake, Jeannie F.; Billingsley, Bonnie S.

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ERIC Number: EJ611318

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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An Analysis of Factors That Contribute to Parent-School Conflict in Special Education.

Lake, Jeannie F.; Billingsley, Bonnie S.

Remedial and Special Education, v21 n4 p240-51 Jul-Aug 2000

Interviews with 22 parents who had participated in a special education appeals process, 16 school officials, and 6 mediators found 8 factors that escalate parent-school conflict: discrepant views of a child or a child's needs, knowledge, service delivery, reciprocal power, constraints, valuation, communication, and trust. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Dissent, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Interviews, Parent School Relationship, Predictor Variables, Prevention, Special Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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