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The Experiences of Rural School Attorneys: Implications for School Leaders
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DeCino, Daniel A.; Waalkes, Phillip L.; Donohoe, Connor – Rural Educator, 2023
Rural school leaders encounter an array of complex issues that require legal counsel. Student discipline, contract disputes, employee conduct, special education, and a host of other topics require school boards and superintendents to utilize school attorneys. This descriptive phenomenological study explored the daily experiences of ten school…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Lawyers, Rural Schools, Interpersonal Relationship
Educating American High School Students with Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study of Teachers' Experiences Implementing Universal Design for Learning
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Jara, Dawn Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Federal law, "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA) provides that students with disabilities participate in a coordinated set of transition activities designed to improve their post-high school outcomes while also providing access to general education curriculum in the least restrictive environment. These tenants are…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, Phenomenology, Teaching Experience
The Advocacy Efforts of African American Mothers of Children with Disabilities in Rural Special Education: Considerations for School Professionals
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Stanley, Summer Lynn Gainey – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
Legislation maintains expectations that educators form partnerships with parents, specifically within the field of special education (IDEA, 2004), and requires schools to allow parents to participate in all phases of educational assessment and planning for students who receive special education services. Many parents, however, encounter barriers…
Descriptors: Mothers, African Americans, Rural Areas, Advocacy
You Asked, but Will Not Listen: (Re)framing a Phenomenological Study about (Dis)connections between Special Education Early Intervention and Foster Care
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Palladino, John M.; Giesler, Mark A. – Online Submission, 2011
Within the United States a significant population of foster care infants and toddlers access early special education services under the parameters of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA)-Part C (United States Congress 2004). A dearth of literature exists about special education interventionists' services for this…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Special Education, Foster Care, Phenomenology
Prereferral Process with Latino English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disabilities: Perceptions of English-as-a-Second-Language Teachers
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Ferlis, Emily; Xu, Yaoying – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
This study explored perceptions of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teachers on the prereferral process for Latino English language learners (ELLs). Using Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological approach, qualitative data were collected through interviews with four ESL teachers. Analyses of the data indicated that the ESL teachers used research-based…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Hispanic American Students, Learning Disabilities
General Education Teacher Attitudes toward Instruction of Students with Disabilities
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Horton, Melinda – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The 2004 amendment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) required major changes for schools in educating students with disabilities. For teachers, this act brought new challenges to the general education classroom. Guided by the conceptual frameworks of Moustakas and Cresswell, this phenomenological study examined the attitudes…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, General Education, Disabilities, Inclusion
Perspectives of Special Education Administrators and Teachers of Students with Significant Disabilities of the Post-High School Transition Process
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Harden, Lorie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although transition of students with disabilities has been part of federal mandates since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1990 and IDEA amendments of 1997, many students with disabilities continue to leave high school without a functional postsecondary transition plan. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, High Schools, Teachers