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Internet Advocacy Support For Families Of Children With Emotional Difficulties, Maureen Elizabeth Curtin
Internet Advocacy Support For Families Of Children With Emotional Difficulties, Maureen Elizabeth Curtin
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Archival data from a survey of parents of children with emotional difficulties who are members of a specific online support group are examined to determine to what degree, if any, those parents are using internet resources to access sources of information for
advocacy. Twelve specific variables were collapsed into four sources of importance: Legal, School, Personal and Online sources that served as the dependent variables. Demographic data were collected and parent income was collapsed into three variables: Upper, Middle and Lower. Parent level of education was collapsed into three categories: College degree and above, Some college, and High school and …