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Parents as partners: parents’ perceptions of partnership in Northeren Ireland
Author(s) -
Quinn Frank
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of research in special educational needs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1471-3802
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2001.00141.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , anger , perception , northern ireland , psychology , identification (biology) , isolation (microbiology) , social isolation , special education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , sociology , political science , psychotherapist , ethnology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , law , biology
The introduction of the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs in Northern Ireland has brought to the foreground the issue of parents as partners. Twenty parents of children attending two schools in Belfast for children experiencing learning difficulties were interviewed to determine their perceptions of their role during the process of Stages 4 and 5 of the implementation of the Code. The parents emphasised a sense of anger, frustration and isolation.