The Journal of the National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel

Affiliate of the Association for Career and Technical Education’s Special Needs Division

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Table of Contents

Barriers Against and Strategies for Promoting the Involvement

of Culturally Diverse Parents in School-Based Transition Planning

Sarah Geenen, Laurie E. Powers and

Alfonso Lopez-Vasquez ....................................................... 4

Co-Editors

John Gugerty

Kelli Crane

Editing Assistant

Amanda Smith

Julie Husmoe

Erin Lindvall

Managing Editor

John Hodge

Capitol Capsule

Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant

Federal Focus

Alan Fjellheim

News You Can Use

John Gugerty

Cover Design

Erin Lindvall

Past Journal Editors

Jay Rojewski

1994 – 1997

Gary D. Meers

1991 – 1994

Patrick J. Schloss

1989 – 1991

Jerry L. Wircenski

1983 – 1989

Shiela Feichtner

1978 – 1983

SPRING 2005

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Parents’ Reports of School Practices to Provide Information to

Families: 1996 and 2003

Nancy Vaden-Kiernan ......... ..............................................15

Notes from the Field: Building Campus Capacity to Acheive &

Maintain Electronic Accessibility

Anne Gravel Sullivan............................................................30

More Notes from the Field: Building the Capacity of your Educa-

tional Institution’s Electronic Accessibility: Needs Assessment

Anne Gravel Sullivan............................................................33

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