%0 Journal Article
%T Constructing New Theory for Identifying Students with Emotional Disturbance: A Constructivist Approach to Grounded Theory
%A Dori Barnett
%J Grounded Theory Review : an International Journal
%D 2012
%I Sociology Press
%X A grounded theory study that examined how practitioners in a county alternative and correctional education setting identify youth with emotional and behavioral difficulties for special education services provides an exemplar for a constructivist approach to grounded theory methodology. Discussion focuses on how a constructivist orientation to grounded theory methodology informed research decisions, shaped the development of the emergent grounded theory, and prompted a way of thinking about data collection and analysis. Implications for future research directions and policy and practice in the field of special and alternative education are discussed.
%K grounded theory
%K grounded theory review
%K constructionist
%K constructionism
%U http://groundedtheoryreview.com/2012/06/01/constructing-new-theory-for-identifying-students-with-emotional-disturbance-a-constructivist-approach-to-grounded-theory/