Special Needs Caring Is Sharing: Examining the Effects of Teachers' Involvement

• In Event: Roundtable Session 31
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Policy Perspectives and the Politics of Leadership

Abstract

International educational policy and research stress the importance of special needs care exerted by all teachers and in favor of the development of every student. However, until now, little is known about the effectiveness of the involvement of teachers at special needs care. In this study, the association between teachers’ involvement in special needs care and student outcomes is examined by means of social network and multilevel analysis. Findings indicated that more involved teachers in school’s special needs care network have a positive effect on student wellbeing. No significant effects were found for student math achievement.

Authors

• Charlotte Struyve, KU Leuven

• Machteld Vandecandelaere, University of Leuven

• Chloé Meredith, University of Leuven

• Bieke De Fraine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

• Karin Hannes, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

• Sarah Gielen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven