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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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What Parents of Young Children with Mental Disabilities Want

The Views of One Community

David L. Westling

David L. Westling, EdD, is a professor of special education at Florida State University in Tallahassee. He teaches, writes, and conducts research primarily in the area of severe disabilities. Recent research has addressed questions about parents and teachers of students with disabilities. Address: David L. Westling, Department of Special Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Based on a review of the literature by Westling (1996), a questionnaire for parents of children with mental disabilities was developed in which parents were asked to rate various aspects of special education and related services with regard to importance, satisfaction, availability, desire, or concern. Parents were questioned in the areas of curriculum, placement, support services, their involvement in their child's education, importance of information, and potential parental concerns. One hundred sixty-three questionnaires were distributed through the public school system of a medium-size school district in the southeastern United States and 53 (33%) were returned through the mail. Results are reported from each section of the questionnaire and the implications of the parents' views are discussed. Within the discussion, special attention is given to concerns of parents of children with more severe disabilities.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 12, No. 2, 67-78 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/108835769701200202
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