The participation of immigrant families with children with SEN in schools: a qualitative study in the area of Barcelona

The context of Special Education is a privileged space to study participation. Most professionals and teachers have long assumed the participation and collaboration with families as a central tenet of their interventions. On the other hand, parents with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)...

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Autor: Paniagua Rodriguez, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/152937
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/152937
https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.943565
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:participation
immigrant families
special Education
school–family relations
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Sumario:The context of Special Education is a privileged space to study participation. Most professionals and teachers have long assumed the participation and collaboration with families as a central tenet of their interventions. On the other hand, parents with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) have also been described as being permanently under a ‘constant state of vulnerability’, facing an uncertain future for their children and trapped in a highly professionalised context. This paper discusses how the case of children of immigrant families identified as having SEN further amplifies the contradictions that permeate the labelling and referral processes, whereby the way teachers perceive immigrant parents prompt and justify children’s needs and interventions.