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dc.contributor.authorVan Flein, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-13T19:56:50Z
dc.date.available2021-12-13T19:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationVan Flein, B. (2017). Generational silence: Impact on the over-identification of Alaskan Native students with learning disabilities A meta-synthesis. Unpublished Masters Thesis, M.ed. Special Education, University of Alaska Southeast.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12585
dc.description.abstractThis meta-synthesis investigates the research and literature on the connections between historical trauma and the over-identification of Alaska Native students receiving special education services under the specific learning disability category. Historical trauma is defined. Intergenerational transmission is explained. The silence surrounding trauma and the loss of language fluency is explored and contextualized as a problematic factor in the disproportionate number of Alaska Native students being labeled as having a learning disability. The implications of misidentifying students, as well the life-long impact of receiving a disability label are discussed. Suggestions are reviewed with a focus on the ongoing development and practice of a special education teacher through the lenses of multiculturalism, critical theory and postmodernist thought. Not addressed in this meta-synthesis are issues of identity as they relate to and connect with historical trauma, colonialism and language.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alaska Southeasten_US
dc.subjectMeta-Synthesisen_US
dc.subjectLiterature Reviewen_US
dc.subjectAlaska Native Studentsen_US
dc.subjectLearning Disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectSpecial Education Servicesen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerational Transmissionen_US
dc.subjectHistorical Traumaen_US
dc.subjectMulticulturalismen_US
dc.titleGenerational Silence: Impact on the Over-Identification of Alaskan Native Students with Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Synthesisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-12-13T19:56:51Z


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