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Parents, partnership and education officers: a study of attributions
Author(s) -
Bowers T
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1995.tb00415.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , attribution , psychology , social psychology , medical education , medicine , political science , law
Summary Thirty‐five parents of Children with special educational needs were interviewed to ascertain their experiences of dealing with education officers involved in the assessment and placement of their Children. They were found predominantly to make internal attributions for negative behaviours, and external attributions for positive behaviours. The implication of these results for new United Kingdom government initiatives to reduce conflict between parents and education authorities are examined.