Parent Education: A Term Whose Time Is Past

This response to Mahoney et al. (EC 623 392) by a faculty/researcher, a practitioner, and a parent of a child with disabilities, suggests that the term "parent education" be eliminated from the early-intervention lexicon. These four perspectives agree that the term is belittling to parents...

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Published inTopics in early childhood special education Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 157 - 161
Main Authors Winton, Pamela J., Sloop, Sally, Rodriguez, Patricia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.07.1999
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Definitions
Disabilities
Early Intervention
Family (Sociological Unit)
Job Skills
Large Type Materials
Opinions
Parent Education
Parent Participation
Parent School Relationship
Preschool Education
Researchers
Special Education
Vocabulary
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Summary:This response to Mahoney et al. (EC 623 392) by a faculty/researcher, a practitioner, and a parent of a child with disabilities, suggests that the term "parent education" be eliminated from the early-intervention lexicon. These four perspectives agree that the term is belittling to parents and does not offer any particular benefits to trainers, teachers, or researchers. (DB)
ISSN:0271-1214
1538-4845
DOI:10.1177/027112149901900306