How does SEELS get permission to include a particular student?
SEELS has tried a variety of strategies for making sure we get parental consent, because we believe it is best to do so. However, we are also aware that some parents who may be willing to have their children included in the study are neutral about their children being included in the study, or simply did not feel it was important to return the signed parent consent form. Since SEELS will provide information to everyone in the special education field, we have tried to balance the need to gain written parental consent with the need to obtain sufficient information to meet the goals of the study. To do this, we have sent all parents who were interviewed by telephone a parent consent form, which asks them to sign if they will be willing to have their child participate in either some of or all of the study activities. For those we did not hear from, we sent a second letter. Following these two attempts, if we had not yet heard from a parent, we sent a letter asking the parent to actively re
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