The participation family-school in Mexico from an inclusive approach: reflections on family and disability

Authors

  • Patricia Barrientos Mendoza Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala

Keywords:

Family-school involvement, Disability, Family adaptation, Multifactorial vision

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of family-school participation in the context of special education in Mexico. It points the implications on the participation that has witnessed an increasingly dominant theoretical conception on families and their adaptation to disabilities. It also analyzes some schools of thought that explain different conceptions of family adaptation of disability and a need to incorporate multifactorial visions. For example, as the theoretical model Double ABCX that facilitates understanding of families in these circumstances and from there promoting family-school participation as part of an inclusive education.

Author Biography

Patricia Barrientos Mendoza, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala

Doctoranda en Educación. Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Profesora de la Facultad de Ciencias para el Desarrollo Humano. Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, México.

Published

2013-11-01

How to Cite

Barrientos Mendoza, P. (2013). The participation family-school in Mexico from an inclusive approach: reflections on family and disability. Latin American Journal of Inclusive Education, 7(2), 175–193. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucentral.cl/revistainclusiva/article/view/7_2_012