Title: Identifying the associated factors of mediation and due process in families of students with autism spectrum disorder  

Purpose: Although parents of children with autism spectrum disorder are more likely to enact their safeguards (e.g., mediation and due process), little is known about which parents of children with autism spectrum disorder are most likely to enact their safeguards. In this study, we aimed to identify the correlates of the enactment of safeguards among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.   

Method: We conducted a national, web-based survey of parents of children with disabilities. In this study, we limited the sample to 507 parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.   

Findings:  

• Participants who advocated were more likely to enact their safeguards.  
• Participants who have poor family-school partnerships were more likely to enact their safeguards.  
• Participants with greater household incomes were more likely to enact their safeguards.  
• Participants with older children were more likely to enact their safeguards.  

• Participants with children with more internalizing behaviors were more likely to enact their safeguards.  
• Participants who had children in segregated classrooms were more likely to enact their safeguards.  

For more information, see:  

Burke, M.M., & Goldman, S.E. (2015). The associated factors of mediation and due  

process among families of students with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism  

and Developmental Disorders, 45, 1345-1353. DOI 10.1007/s10803-014-2294-4