Journal Article

Identifying the Associated Factors of Mediation and Due Process in Families of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Goldman, Samantha E., Burke, Meghan M.

2015

Overview

Compared to families of students with other types of disabilities, families of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are significantly more likely to enact their procedural safeguards such as mediation and due process. However, we do not know which school, child, and parent characteristics are associated with the enactment of safeguards. For this study, 507 parents of students with ASD responded to a national web-based survey. Parents who filed for due process or mediation were more likely to advocate for their child, have poor family-school partnerships, and have greater household incomes. Parents were also more likely to utilize their safeguards if their children were older, experiencing more internalizing behaviors, and educated in segregated placements. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adult / Advocacy / Age Differences / Age Factors / Aged / Arbitration / Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Behavior Problems / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Care and treatment / Child / Child Advocacy - psychology / Child and School Psychology / Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology / Children / Civil Rights / Correlation / Court Litigation / Disability Evaluation / Due process of law / Enactment / Families & family life / Family Income / Family School Relationship / Female / Grievance Procedures / Health aspects / Humans / Inclusion / Income / Individual Characteristics / Institutional Characteristics / Internalization / Internet / Male / Mediation / Medical Services / Meditation / Middle Aged / National Surveys / Neurosciences / Older children / Original Paper / Parent-child relations / Parents / Parents & parenting / Parents - psychology / Partnerships / Partnerships in Education / Pediatrics / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Polls & surveys / Psychology / Public Health / Safeguards / Schools / Self Contained Classrooms / Special Classes / Special Education / Special Schools / Student Characteristics / Students / Students - psychology / Students with disabilities / Trust (Psychology)