{"id":434612,"date":"2026-08-24T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19837_item&#038;p=434612"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:31:13","slug":"home-school-collaboration-in-assessment-placement-and-individual-education-plan-development-for-children-with-special-education-needs-in-macao-the-views-of-parents","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19837_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/scholarly-work-usj\/home-school-collaboration-in-assessment-placement-and-individual-education-plan-development-for-children-with-special-education-needs-in-macao-the-views-of-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME\u2013SCHOOL COLLABORATION IN ASSESSMENT, PLACEMENT, AND INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS IN MACAO: THE VIEWS OF PARENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXPLORE HOME\u2013SCHOOL COLLABORATION IN THE AREAS OF ASSESSMENT, PLACEMENT, AND INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN (IEP) DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN IDENTIFIED WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) IN MACAO. DESPITE THE NOTED BENEFITS OF PARENT\u2013SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS FROM PRIOR RESEARCH, MINIMAL RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SEN TO EXAMINE WHETHER THESE PARTNERSHIPS MATERIALIZE IN THE CONTEXT OF MACAO. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED 115 PARENTS OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH SEN. THEY PROVIDED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND COMPLETED A 36-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE DERIVED FROM TWO VALIDATED INSTRUMENTS. THE RESEARCH IDENTIFIED A RANGE OF FACTORS WHICH HINDER PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION-MAKING AND IN THE INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH SEN IN OPTIMAL WAYS IN MACAO SCHOOLS. PARENTS INDICATED THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING RELEVANT INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHERS||THEY WERE MINIMALLY INVOLVED IN THE IEP PROCESS, AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE NOT RECEIVING ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF PLACEMENT. PARENTS ALSO UNDERLINED ISSUES RELATED TO THE TIMING OF ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES. PARENTS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING SPECIAL CLASSES IN REGULAR SCHOOLS VOICED MORE SATISFACTION WITH SUPPORT PROVISION THAN PARENTS OF CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE FULL INCLUSION MODEL. RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW SERVICES COULD BE IMPROVED FOR GREATER PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ARE DISCUSSED.\u00a0 KEY WORDS: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, SCHOOL\u2013FAMILY COLLABORATION, INCLUSION, SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, MACAO, INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS, IEP<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-434612","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19993-sdg-4-quality-education","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-school-of-education","tnc_tax_19659-journal-article"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 1 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:25 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:31 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/sdgs\/sdg-4-quality-education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SDG 4 Quality Education<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SDG 4 Quality Education<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/school-of-education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/journal-article\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435237,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434612\/revisions\/435237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}