Perceptions of the Individualized Education Process (IEP) by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

SRC 2000

The goal of the project was to encourage parents to become as involved as they should be in their children’s development as well as take some time to become familiar with everything that they could do legally, and as a parent to make the process of a child being referred to Special Education flow easier. The project was executed through a comic because it was easy to read and did not have room for an overwhelming amount of words. The results of the project showed that through the use of the comic, parents felt more comfortable with the individualized education process. For parents who were already familiar with the process, they responded by saying that they wish they had the material when they were new to the topic. One hundred percent of the survey population recommended that other parents should receive the information that was presented to them when their child is being considered for special education services.