Findings on Pediatrics Reported by Investigators at Arizona State University (Has Access To Paraprofessionals Changed? a Cross-decade, Cross-cohort Analysis): Pediatrics

2024 NOV 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- Investigators discuss new findings in Pediatrics. According to news reporting originating in Tempe, Arizona, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Due to shifts in society’s attitudes toward special education and changes in federal policies, such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind, more students with disabilities (SWDs) are beginning kindergarten in general education classrooms. As a result, schools and districts across the United States have needed to adjust their personnel resources to accommodate these changes to classroom demographics.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Arizona State University, “This study aims to better understand how paraprofessional resources (i.e., availability and hours) have shifted before and after key federal legislation. We specifically examine the presence and hours worked by general and special education paraprofessionals in general education kindergartens.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Using two nationally representative datasets from 1998 and 2010, we find that kindergartners with disabilities in 2010 have greater access to paraprofessionals (both general and special) in general education classrooms compared with children having disabilities from a decade earlier. Implications are discussed.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Has Access To Paraprofessionals Changed? a Cross-decade, Cross-cohort Analysis. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024;35(1):14-21. Journal of Disability Policy Studies can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Disability Policy Studies - dps.sagepub.com)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Christopher Salem Ozuna, Arizona State University, Pob 878305, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073221150611. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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