{"id":66685,"date":"2021-01-11T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66685"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:13:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:13:48","slug":"study-will-explore-family-participation-in-idea-reauthorization","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/study-will-explore-family-participation-in-idea-reauthorization\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Will Explore Family Participation in IDEA Reauthorization"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"490\" height=\"730\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Zachary Rossetti\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA.jpg 490w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA-403x600.jpg 403w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA-231x344.jpg 231w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA-355x529.jpg 355w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA-458x682.jpg 458w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/09\/Rossetti-RA-462x688.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Special Education<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudy Will Explore Family Participation in IDEA Reauthorization\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 11, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/carolyn-barrett\/\">Carolyn Barrett<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Zachary Rossetti, BU Wheelock associate professor of special education, has received a Large Education Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to bolster parent\/caregiver and student participation in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant will fund Rossetti\u2019s study, \u201cProject Civic LeAdS: Enhancing Civic Engagement of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families and Students with Disabilities: Legislative Advocacy in Special Education.\u201d Although IDEA mandates individualized special education and related services for all eligible students with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse families of children with disabilities have been underrepresented in past reauthorizations of IDEA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Rossetti and Meghan Burke (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) developed and tested a civic engagement training with 127 parents of children with disabilities with funding from a Spencer Small Grant. The new grant will support an increase in the scale of the parent training, examining the effectiveness of the training, and developing similar training for students with disabilities aged 14\u201322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamilies that are culturally and linguistically diverse often face greater barriers to engagement due to systemic racism and ableism,\u201d says Rossetti. \u201cThese trainings will hopefully foster civic engagement and advocacy to help ensure that the IDEA reauthorization reflects the needs of all the families that it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At BU Wheelock, Rossetti\u2019s research focuses on the experiences of families with children with disabilities by centering on family engagement in schools and communities, family-school partnerships of culturally and linguistically diverse families, and sibling roles and relationships. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zachary Rossetti, BU Wheelock associate professor of special education, has received a Large Education Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to bolster parent\/caregiver and student participation in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization. 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