The doubting dance: Contributions to a history of parent/professional interactions in early 20th century America

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-58

  Ferguson, Philip M ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Families; History; Institutions; Professional family relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549086030     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.33.1-2.48     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Abel, E. (2000). Hearts of wisdom: American women caring for kin, 1850-1940. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2. Anonymous. (1951/1969). When a child is different. In W. C. Kvaraceus & E. N. Hayes (Eds.), If your child is handicapped (pp. 85-91). Boston: Porter Sargent. (Original work published 1951).
3. Board of Control. (1917). 5th biennial report: State Institution for the Feeble-Minded. Salem, OR: State of Oregon.
4. Brockley, J. (2004). Rearing the child who never grew: Ideologies of parenting and intellectual disability in American history. In S. Noll & J.W. Trent, Jr. (Eds.), Mental retardation in America: A historical reader (pp. 130-164). New York: New York University Press.
5. Burack-Weiss, A. (2006). The caregiver's tale: Loss and renewal in memoirs of family life. New York: University Press.
6. Connolly, F. M., & Clandinin, D. J. (1990). Stories of experience and narrative inquiry. Educational Researcher, 19, 2-14.
7. Dechert, H. (1889). Care of idiotic and feeble-minded children. Proceedings of the National Conference on Charities and Corrections, 16, 83-86.
8. Demos, J. (1983). Family home care: Historical notes and reflections. In R. Perlman (Ed.), Family home care: Critical issues (pp. 161-175). Philadelphia: Haworth Press.
9. Deschenes, S., Cuban, L., & Tyack, D. (2001). Mismatch: Historical perspectives on schools and students who don't fit them. Teachers College Record, 103, 525-547.
10. Edson, C. H. (1988). Our past and present: Historical inquiry in education. In R. R. Sherman & R. B.Webb (Eds.), Qualitative research in education: Focus and methods (pp. 44-58). New York: Falmer Press.
11. Farber, B. (1986). Historical contexts of research on families with mentally retarded members. In J. J. Gallagher & P. M. Vietze (Eds.), Families of handicapped persons: Research, programs, and policy issues (pp. 3-23).Baltimore: PaulH.Brookes.
12. Farrell, E. E. (1914). A study of the school inquiry report on ungraded classes; continued. The Psychological Clinic, 8, 57-74.
13. Ferguson, D. L., & Ferguson, P. M. (2008). Locating meaning in family narratives of disability: A beginning comparative review. Paper presented at the meeting of the European Educational Research Association, Goteborg, Sweden.
14. Ferguson, D. L., & Galindo, R. (2008). Improving family-school linkages through inquiry and action: Reports from sixteen schools in two states. New Hampshire Journal of Education, 11, 66-75.
15. Ferguson, P. M. (1994). Abandoned to their fate: Social policy and practice toward severely retarded people in America, 1820-1920. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
16. Ferguson, P. M. (2001). Mapping the family: Narrative patterns in family portrayals of disability. In G. Albrecht, K. D. Seelman, & M. Bury (Eds.), Handbook of disability studies (pp. 373-395). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
17. Ferguson, P. M. (2005). Creating the continuum: J. E. Wallace Wallin and the emergence of public school special education. Unpublished manuscript presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, San Francisco, CA.
18. Ferguson, P. M., & Ferguson, D. L. (2006). Finding the "proper attitude": The potential of disability studies to reframe family/school linkages. In S. Danforth & S. Gabel (Eds.), Vital questions facing disability studies in education (pp. 217-235). New York: Peter Lang.
19. Ferguson, P. M., Ferguson, D. L., & Brodsky, M. (2008). "Away from public gaze": A history of the Fairview Training Center and the institutionalization of people with developmental disabilities in Oregon. Monmouth, OR: Western Oregon University, Teaching Research Institute. Available from http://www.tr.wou.edu/index.cfm?path=research-studies-tri.cfm.
20. Gee, J. P., Michaels, S., & O'Connor, M. C. (1992). Discourse analysis. In M. D. LeCompte, W. L. Millroy, & J. Preissle (Eds.), The handbook of qualitative research in education (pp. 227-291). San Diego: Academic Press.
21. Goddard, H. H. (1923). School training of defective children. Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Company.
22. Kalyanpur, M., & Harry, B. (1999). Culture in special education: Building reciprocal family-professional relationships. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
23. Lazerson, M. (1983). The origins of special education. In J. G. Chambers & W. T. Hartman (Eds.), Special education policies: Their history, implementation, and finance (pp. 15-47). Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
24. Lincoln, D. F. (1902/1903). Special classes for feeble-minded children in the Boston public schools. Journal of Psycho- Asthenics, 7, 83-93.
25. Marshall, C., & Rossman, G. B. (2006). Designing qualitative research (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
26. Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
27. New York State. Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient. (1915/1976). Report of the state commission to investigate provision for the mentally deficient. New York: Arno Press. (Original work published 1915).
28. Oregon State Legislature. (1933). Legislative report. Salem, OR: State of Oregon.
29. Richards, P. (2004). "Beside her sat her idiot child": Families and developmental disability inmind-nineteenth-centuryAmerica. In S. Noll & J. W. Trent, Jr. (Eds.), Mental retardation in America: A historical reader (pp. 65-88). New York: New York University Press.
30. Rome Custodial Asylum for Unteachable Idiots. (1904). 8th Annual Report. Albany, NY: Rome Custodial Asylum.
31. Rury, J. L. (1993). Historical inquiry. In D. F. Lancy (Ed.), Qualitative research in education: An introduction to the major traditions (pp. 247-269). New York: Longman.
32. Sampson, A. H. (1947). Developing and maintaining good relations with parents of mentally deficient children. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 52, 182-194.
33. Schwartzenberg, S. (2005). Becoming citizens: Family life and the politics of disability. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
34. St. Louis Public Schools. (1905/1906). Annual report. St. Louis, MO: Board of Directors, St. Louis Public Schools.
35. Trent, J.W., Jr. (1994). The invention of the feeble mind. Berkeley: University of California Press.
36. Wallin, J. E.W. (1955). The odyssey of a psychologist: Pioneering experiences in special education, clinical psychology, and mental hygiene with a comprehensive bibliography of the author's publications. Wilmington, DE: Author.