Exploring the Education Relocating Experiences Of A Student With Multiple Disabilities

• Main Authors: HUANG SHU CHEN, 黃淑貞
• Other Authors: 詹孟琦
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9q9ma6

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 特殊教育學系所 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of students with multiple disabilities during the relocating process from home schooling to a regular school setting, and to explore whether parents’ attitudes and perspectives changed during the process. I selected a junior high school student with multiple disabilities as the case, and conducted in-depth interviews with parents and teachers as well as collecting relevant documentations. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was adopted as the methodological guideline for this study. In addition, a thematic analysis method was used to analyze the texts to develop themes. Based on the results of this study, there were three major findings: (a) the key to activating the relocation process was to involve a knowledgeable figure outside of the IEP team who was trusted by parents in the decision making process; (b) the tremendous progress made by the student was due to effective parent-teacher communication, supports &; services tailored to the student’s needs; and (c) parents’ expectations of their child’ ability to learn were getting higher, and their attitudes towards professionals changed from distrust to approval. Based on the findings, I reflected on the research process, and further discussed the implications and recommendations for practice and future research.