Parental Involvement in Supporting Their Children with Special Educational Needs at School and Home in Bhutan

Title
Parental Involvement in Supporting Their Children with Special Educational Needs at School and Home in Bhutan
Publication Date
2019
Author(s)
Jigyel, Karma
Miller, Judith A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-6504
Email: jmiller7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jmiller7
Mavropoulou, Sofia
Berman, Jeanette
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4389-4193
Email: jberman@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jberman
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/jsi.2019.3
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/27246
Abstract
This paper reports the findings from a study investigating Bhutanese parents involvement in supporting their children with special educational needs (SEN) in schooling. The interaction between the parents themselves in supporting each other was also explored. Individual interviews were conducted with 26 parents (13 fathers and 13 mothers) of children with either full inclusion or partial inclusion in 3 schools located in 3 regions (urban, semi-urban, and rural) and analysed using manual thematic coding and Leximancer text mining software. Of Epstein's (1987) 6 types of parental involvement activities in education, these parents reported their actions to be parenting, volunteering in schools, supporting learning and development at home, and collaborating with the community. The minimal interaction among the parents was mostly between the stay-in-school urban mothers who had consistent but impromptu and informal interactions. The implications of this study inform the need for schools to respond to policy and to actively engage parents, and for education programs and support groups to be set up to strengthen parental involvement in the education of children with SEN in Bhutan.
Link
Citation
Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 43(1), p. 54-68
ISSN
2515-074X
2515-0731
Start page
54
End page
68

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