The phenomenon of legislative advocacy among parents of children with disabilities          下载免费PDF全文

Meghan M. Burke  Linda Sandman  Beatrize Perez  Meghann O'Leary 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2018,18(1):50-58

Although parents of children with disabilities have forged systemic changes for individuals with disabilities, little is known about the phenomenon of legislative advocacy (LA) including methods and barriers. In this United States‐based study, 49 parents of individuals with disabilities participated in focus groups about LA reporting both positive and negative experiences with LA. One focus group was held in Spanish; notably, none of the Spanish‐speaking parents reported experiences with LA. When discussing methods of LA, parents reported a variety of strategies including: building relationships, educating legislators, collective advocacy, and encouraging fathers and other parents to meet with legislators. Parents also reported barriers to LA: lack of knowledge, disempowerment and feeling overwhelmed. Implications for research to better understand LA and policy are discussed.  相似文献   

Segmental and kinetic contributions in vertical jumps performed with and without an arm swing   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Feltner ME  Bishop EJ  Perez CM 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2004,75(3):216-230

To determine the contributions of the motions of the body segments to the vertical ground reaction force (Fz), the joint torques produced by the leg muscles, and the time course of vertical velocity generation during a vertical jump, 15 men were videotaped performing countermovement vertical jumps from a force plate with and without an arm swing. Linear kinematic, Fz, and joint torque data were computed and compared using repeated measures analysis of variance. Maximum jump height was significantly larger in the arm swing jumps compared to the no arm swing jumps and was due to both a higher height of the center of mass (CM) at takeoff (54%) and a larger vertical velocity of the CM at takeoff (46%). The net vertical impulse created during the propulsive phase of the arm swing jumps was greater due to a trend of an increased duration (0.021 s) of the propulsive phase and not to larger average values of Fz. In the arm swing jumps, the arm motion resulted in the arms making a larger maximal contribution to Fz during the middle of the propulsive phase and decreased the negative contribution of the trunk-head and thigh to Fz late in the propulsive phase. Last, the arm swing decreased the extensor torques at the hip (13%), knee (10%), and ankle (10%) early in the propulsive phase but augmented these same extensor torques later in the propulsive phase.  相似文献   

COLLEGE RANKINGS: Democratized College Knowledge for Whom?   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

McDonough  Patricia M.  Lising  Anthony  Walpole  Antonio Marybeth  Perez  Leonor Xochitl 《Research in higher education》1998,39(5):513-537

Every fall the opening of the academic year is heralded by an ever increasing number of newsmagazines that rank colleges. In addition to the standard bearers of this market — U.S. News and World Report and Money — magazines that offer their readers advice on how to choose a college are proliferating. For example, one can find lists of the "best colleges" and "best buys" accompanied on newstands by the top jock schools (Sports Illustrated), the best party schools (Playboy), and the best colleges for Asian Americans (A. Magazine). This paper is a study of who uses the contentious and seemingly influential newsmagazine rankings of U.S. colleges and universities, and an analysis of what types of freshmen find these rankings useful in making their choice of college. Equally important, it is a discussion of why reputations are important and how they can serve as a hedge against uncertainty. Finally, the paper provides an analysis of the for-profit sector's encroachment into a critical educational equity arena-college access-embedded within a discussion of whether widely available college rankings result in democratized college knowledge.  相似文献   

笼中之驼     

珍妮特·珀莱兹·爱考丝  刘克 《海外英语》2008,(8)

1 一只小驼羔不解地问妈妈:"为什么我们脚上要长这么巨大的蹄子呢?"妈妈转向他,答道:"上帝如此创造我们,自有其特、殊原因."随即,她进一步做了解释."这些大蹄子将会确保我们不陷入沙中."  相似文献