Catherine,
As I was browsing through to try and determine who's research paper I was going to choose and reflect on it was simple because when I seen you took a closer look on parent involvement I knew I wanted to see what views you researched as well as gathering some suggestions for my parents. I couldn't agree with you more when you touched on how parents not only influence a child's education but behavior as well. You are right, parent involvement could higher student achievement and behavior. It is sad to say, but many of my students in my ED classroom have a tough home life and my one female student says almost on a daily basis that her mom never wanted a girl and that she only wanted boys. As speaking with the parent directly about the affect her words have on her daughter are very influencing. Through conversation with her mom, she realized how her involvement and word choice can play a huge role on her daughter education and behavior. It wasn't nearly three weeks after the conversation with her mom that she told her daughter they were moving and that she didn't know what school she would be attending. However, mom never gave her daughter a direct answer and is in limbo which directly has affected my student in a negative way. My student struggles as it is with change, and dealing with her feelings, and the not knowing of schools and moving has turned her into a whirlwind and she has become very aggressive.
I felt like you did a very good job with looking at the different culture groups and how they view special education and how to prepare teachers for those differences. I think it is very important as well as you mentioned in your paper and power point that teachers need be prepared and know background information on the student and his/her family cultures to know and understand.
Your power point was a nice way in summarizing the information in your research paper along with answering your five questions. I like how you wrote your question and directly after answering it, this made it much easier to follow your topic changes.
Overall I feel you did a nice job!
Amanda Barbone
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