Reaching and Involving Black Parents of Handicapped Children in Their Child's Education Program. Final Report. Minority Outreach Project [microform] / Eileen Cassidy
- Bib ID:
- 5500173
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Cassidy, Eileen
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 24 p.
- Summary:
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The Minority Outreach Project, conducted by the Citizens Alliance to Uphold Special Education in Flint, Michigan, developed and implemented a model to reach and involve Black parents of handicapped students in their child's education. Project components included research, outreach, and model development. Outreach strategies developed included involving local pastors, use of press releases and flyers sent home with students, meetings with principals and teachers, a project public relations package, initial and follow-up letters to parents, provision of home based services, and training of church leaders. Additionally, 24 previously non-participating parents were interviewed in informal home sessions which indicated nonparticipating parents found inconvenient meeting schedules, lack of transportation, and lack of understanding of the process formidable barriers to full participation. Individual assistance, training, and information/referral services were provided by the project to 162 parents and 62 professionals. Two workshops for parents and one for church leaders (total participation N=44) resulted in positive evaluations. The model was developed from effective outreach strategies (individual contacts by the outreach worker), identification of barriers to parental participation, and use of effective assistance techniques (such as one-on-one contacts by the outreach worker and involvement of churches and community agencies). (DB)
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- Sponsoring Agency: United Way of Michigan, Lansing.
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- CAUSE, Inc., Lansing, MI
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- ERIC
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