Cultural Diversity

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  Developing Cross-Cultural Competence

  The third edition of this bestselling text brings together detailed, accurate information on working with families and children with disabilities from specific cultural, ethnic, and language groups. Thoroughly updated and expanded, the book gives pre- and inservice interventionists
  • A primer on cultural competence. Readers will explore how various cultures view education, family structure, independence, control, and more–and they’ll learn ways in which service providers can communicate effectively and respectfully with families.

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  Language and Culture

  How do bilingual/bicultural families make choices about what languages their children speak at home and at school? How can educators and providers support and inform this decision-making process? Should these choices be different for a child with an identified special need? What are the long-term cultural consequences of preserving the languages of one’s heritage, or of losing them? This video addresses these issues through interviews with a wide variety of people, from recent immigrants to the great-grandchildren of Native Americans.

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  The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

  Brilliantly reported, this book explores the clash between the Merced Community Medical Center in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia’s parents & her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover.

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