Education and Kinship Caregivers: Creating a New Vision

In: Families in society: the journal of contemporary human services, Band 84, Heft 1, S. 135-142

Abstract

Current issues regarding the education of children with disabilities who are placed with kinship caregivers are highlighted using qualitative data on low-income African American kinship care providers who are 40–70 years old. Examined are the historical and social implications of kinship care, and the challenges facing the formal education of these children. Also explored are suggestions of kinship caregivers for improving the relationship between the school and their grandchildren. Kinship caregivers continue to highly value education as a priority for the children in their care. Despite difficulties in interacting with schools, kinship caregivers identify collaborative relationships they want with education providers.