The other school personnel included in the sample were an acting administrator, 3 school social workers, and 2 school psychologists, an administrative aid who later became a classroom teacher and a speech therapist. Perhaps the experiences of the special education personnel differed from those of the general education teachers when it came to reporting abuse and neglect. Our rationale for the inclusion of both general education and special education teachers was the finding that there appears to be a higher incidence of child abuse among the special education population than among the general education population (Camblin, 1982 Lamorey & Leigh, 1996 Lowenthal, 1996 Sobsy, Randall, & Parrila, 1997). Seventeen general education and 4 special education teachers participated in the study. Both general education and special education teachers were included in the sample as well as other school personnel who were involved in the reporting process.

They served as a contrast and lent trustworthiness to the data (Padgett, 1998).

Five of the 28 informants were from other school districts in San Diego County. Twenty-three of the informants either currently worked in San Ysidro or had worked in San Ysidro within the past 5 years. key informants provided data that were analyzed.

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