Need help

[Guest guest]

I have been a quiet partner in this listserv. As a professional, I have learned

more about CHARGE and just people from this listserve than I could have from

text books. I have never thought of adding to the listserv, but I need your help

in locating participants for my dissertation.

I am working on my doctorate in Special Education with an emphasis in

Deafblind studies. I am a student of Dr. Roseanna son from Texas Tech

University in Lubbock, Texas. I chose to learn more about teaching teachers who

have students who are deafblind because I have an adult cousin who is deafblind

and I was working in rural New Mexico with a student who was congenitally

deafblind and I did not know how to effectively plan for her education. I want

to help other teachers know how to develop education for their students and to

help family members understand educational processes.

I would like to ask each of you to help me locate participants for my

dissertation, Siblings Views of the Individual Transition Program (ITP) of their

Brother or Sister Who is Congenitally Deafblind. The purpose of this multicase

study is to examine the perceptions held by adult sibling'ss concerning their

own participation in the public school ITP of a brother or sister who is

congenitally deafblind. In order for the study to be replicable when applied in

other similar situations I am using the following criteria for my study,

participant sibling is over the age of 18,

participant sibling have a brother or sister who is congenitally deafblind,

participant sibling participated in the ITP of his/her brother or sister who

is congenitally deafblind,

participant sibling willingness to participate in the research study,

participant sibling have a parent who is willing to participate in the

research study,

participant sibling have a professional who was involved in the ITP and is

willing to participate in the research study.

I will ask:

the sibling to complete a survey taking approximately 30 minutes,

the sibling to engage in a telephone interview lasting approximately 30

minutes,

the parent of the siblings to engage in a telephone interview lasting

approximately 30 minutes, and

a professional who was actively involved in the ITP process where both

siblings participated in the ITP in a telephone interview lasting approximately

30 minutes.

I anticipate needing to contact some siblings for follow-up telephone

interviews.

This study has the potential for benefits for the typical sibling, siblings

who are congenitally deafblind, and parents by learning more about the ITP

process. This information may be useful in planning ITP’s for students who are

still in school and may be helpful to you in planning technical assistance for

families.

I would appreciate you helping me in locating a contact that meets the

criteria and would possibly be willing to participate in the study. I look

forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience. Please call me about

my project or if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks for you help,

Effie Laman

Texas Tech University College of Education

Sowell Center for Research and Education in VI

Box 41071

Lubbock, TX 79409-1071

e.laman@...

ext. 246

FAX

Home

Have a great day,

Effie Laman

---------------------------------

Brings words and photos together (easily) with

PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.