Transportation Challenges for Urban Students With Disabilities: Parent Perspectives

Graham, Benjamin C.; Keys, Christopher B.; McMahon, Susan D.; Brubacher, Michael R.

doi:10.1080/10852352.2014.855058

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“…Although children have transportation problems [8,19,20], there is limited research about use of NEMT among children. In particular, children with special health care needs face transportation problems [21][22][23][24]. Children with medical complexity (CMC), a sub-group of children with special health care needs, have many different medical conditions, need care from multiple specialists, are hospitalized frequently, and have more emergency room visits than children without medical complexity [25].…”

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Challenges Faced by Latino Caregivers in Transportation of Children with Medical Complexity

Nageswaran¹,

Rosado²,

Beveridge³

2018

North Carolina Medical Journal

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background Transportation challenges affect access to health care. Our objective was to describe transportation challenges faced by Latino children with medical complexity and identify strategies that could address these challenges. methods This is a qualitative study. Seventy Latino children with medical complexity who were enrolled in a complex care program of a tertiary care children's hospital were followed for a median duration of 18 months. Qualitative data were care coordination notes for each child obtained from care coordinators' encounter logs and reported experiences. Using thematic content analysis and an iterative process, we identified recurrent themes related to transportation challenges. results Caregivers of Latino children with medical complexity face many challenges transporting their children to medical appointments. These include lack of vehicle, inability to drive, lack of driver's license due to immigration status, and lack of resources to maintain a vehicle. As a result, Latino children with medical complexity often need non-emergency medical transportation, but caregivers find these systems difficult to use, in part because of language difficulties. Thus, they rely on care coordinators to access non-emergency medical transportation. Transportation problems can lead to missed medical appointments for the child and lost work for the caregiver. We identified interrelated factors that contributed to transportation issues for Latino children with medical complexity and potential strategies to address them. limitations The extent of transportation challenges cannot be discerned because this is a qualitative study. conclusions Transportation is difficult for Latino children with medical complexity, who rely on non-emergency medical transportation to access medical services. Care coordinators play a major role in addressing transportation problems for Latino children with medical complexity and their caregivers.

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Section: Original Articlementioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges Faced by Latino Caregivers in Transportation of Children with Medical Complexity

Nageswaran¹,

Rosado²,

Beveridge³

2018

North Carolina Medical Journal

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“…We conducted interviews with 12 teachers, 17 school leaders, 3 directors of special education, and with 22 students, parents, teachers, and administrators for a case study (Back, Keys, McMahon, & O'Neill, ). We also participated in parent feedback meetings to gather their input and share our findings (Graham, Keys, McMahon, & Brubacher, ). The youth in this study were primarily African American and Latino and most had disabilities.…”

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Schools as Vehicles to Assess Experiences, Improve Outcomes, and Effect Social Change

McMahon

2018

American J of Comm Psychol

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Schools are important settings that can be utilized to yield a positive impact on youth and the many issues our society faces. In this Presidential Address, I identify key issues and directions for the field, advocating that we need to expand our ecological focus, improve school climate, and collaborate with schools to effect change. To illustrate these key themes, findings from four projects with k-12 youth and educators in the United States are described, and these projects have the following foci: protective factors for youth exposed to violence, teacher-directed violence as part of an APA Task Force, school climate and neighborhood factors in relation to academic outcomes, and school transitions for students with disabilities. Challenges and future directions to build upon community psychology theory, research, practice, and policy are discussed.

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“…Regrettably, children with special education needs may require to travel further than those of mainstream programmes due to the limited number of schools that suits their particular education needs (Easton & Ferrari, 2015). Some of these special pupils are prone to greater risk of injuries and fatality in the event of an accident (Graham, Keys, McMahon, & Brubacher 2014).…”

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Factors Influencing Parents in Selecting School for Children With Special Education Needs

Abdullah

Shuhaimi

Osman

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PMJ

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Equal access to education is an essential element in achieving community wellbeing, hence it is crucial that the educational facilities to be equally accessible to children with special education needs. In Malaysia, one of the special education programme provided in mainstream public schools is the Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI). The programme is an effort towards inclusive education. The objective of this study includes: (i) to analyse the factors influencing the decision of parents in selecting school for their special children, and (ii) to assess the issues and problems faced by parents in selecting schools for their children with special needs. The study determines parents’ criteria in selecting school for their children with SEN among 134 parents of children in PPKI via questionnaire survey. Semi-structured interview was conducted among 12 teachers of PPKI, and the findings from the interview were used to validate the survey findings. Findings from these two methods were consolidated. Result shows that school selection for children with special needs are greatly associated with the school facility. The paper will benefit the local authority in planning for educational facility, as well as special needs children with regards to the educational facility for special education provision in a community.

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Transportation Challenges for Urban Students With Disabilities: Parent Perspectives

Cited by 49 publications

References 15 publications

Challenges Faced by Latino Caregivers in Transportation of Children with Medical Complexity

Challenges Faced by Latino Caregivers in Transportation of Children with Medical Complexity

Schools as Vehicles to Assess Experiences, Improve Outcomes, and Effect Social Change

Factors Influencing Parents in Selecting School for Children With Special Education Needs

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