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Delaware State Department of Education, 2004
The first section of this report guides Delaware educators through the decision-making process for participation in the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) for students with disabilities and for students who are dually eligible as a student with a disability and limited English proficient (SD/LEP).The second section will guide Delaware…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Disabilities, Language Minorities, Inclusive Schools
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Flett, Angela; Conderman, Greg – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
Twenty strategies are presented for enhancing the involvement of parents from diverse backgrounds, including: exploring parents' expectations, learning about the family's culture, providing communication in many forms, making use of casual contacts with parents, planning different times for conferences, involving interpreters, and linking…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
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Corso, Robert M.; Santos, Rosa Milagros; Roof, Virginia – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
This article summarizes guidelines developed by the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Early Childhood Research Institute for selecting and adapting materials for young children and their families. Recommendations are provided that community teams should consider in collecting, selecting, and reflecting on materials. Tips are also…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Early Childhood Education
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Parette, Howard P.; Petch-Hogan, Beverly – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article presents recommendations to increase family involvement among culturally/linguistically diverse families of children with disabilities. Recommendations include using different communication approaches, providing alternative meeting sites, providing information and training to parents, and understanding family priorities, needs, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
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McCathren, Rebecca B.; Allor, Jill Howard – Young Exceptional Children, 2002
This article provides an overview of the critical elements of emergent literacy, discusses specific strategies for using storybooks with preschoolers to facilitate language development and emergent literacy skills, and provides specific strategies for children learning English as a second language. Sample phonological awareness activities are also…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Minorities
Copple, Carol, Ed. – 2003
As teachers encounter a wider variety of children and families than ever before, dealing with all the differences can be demanding. This book provides a collection of 45 readings reflecting the strong, continuing current of thoughtful work on teaching young children in a diverse society to help teachers and prospective teachers respond to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Leake, David; Black, Rhonda – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2005
This volume in NCSET's Essential Tools series summarizes current research about transition issues and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) youth with disabilities. It offers information on how transition personnel can effectively support these youth by building on their strengths and enhancing natural supports available within their…
Descriptors: Values, Race, Guidance, Transitional Programs
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1998
This guide for French speakers describes the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process in Alberta, Canada. Different sections address: (1) components of the IEP; (2) when an IEP is necessary; (3) the process of developing the IEP (includes a flowchart); (4) how evaluation information is collected through the student, parents, professionals,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Winzer, Margret A.; Mazurek, Kasper – 1998
This book examines the impact of cultural and linguistic diversity on the learning of children with disabilities and giftedness, and explores multicultural education and the ways that multicultural perspectives can be taught to children with disabilities. Five major sections discuss: the foundations of multicultural education, multicultural…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Cloud, Nancy; And Others – 1989
This training package assists educators in improving the delivery of services to culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) students at the classroom level. It is based on the necessity of addressing multiple systems (e.g., the child, the family, and the school), with emphasis on mildly disabled over other levels of disability and on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1994
The collection of readings is designed to provide special education teachers in New York City (New York) public schools with information about and techniques for teaching Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) students. Articles address these topics: the demographics and trends of LEP populations; Hispanic student achievement; meeting the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Class Activities