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Cummings, Katrina P.; Hardin, Belinda J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Cultural beliefs, values, language differences, and unfamiliar educational infrastructures and practices can impact immigrant parents' capacity to support their children with disabilities in their new country. This study presents perspectives of disability and experiences with special education services based on interviews with eight immigrant…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Special Education, Immigrants
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Puig, Victoria I. – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Nearly half a million children in the United States are currently being served by the foster care system. Infants and toddlers represent the largest single group entering foster care. While these very young children are at the greatest peril for physical, mental health, and developmental issues and tend to spend the longest time in the foster care…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Child Development, Infants, Toddlers
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Lo, Lusa – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Parent support groups have been considered an important channel for families of children with disabilities who seek support and resources. Given the view of family privacy in many diverse cultures, it is unknown whether or not parents from diverse backgrounds can receive the same benefits as parents from the dominant culture. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Parent Attitudes, Disabilities, Parents
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Trolley, Barbara C.; Magerkorth, Rebecca; Fromme, Rebecca E. – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Preschool teachers and directors from special education, Head Start, and day care centers completed a questionnaire assessing their perceptions of diversity and resources utilized in relation to diversity. Respondents indicated that children with "differences" should be treated like "children"; children with "differences" were defined by the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities, Individual Differences
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Anderson, Penny P. – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Discusses definitions of family; forms of language and communication; and beliefs about health, illness, and disability that need to be understood by those involved in early intervention programs for young children with disabilities and their families. (PCB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Differences
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Pardeck, John T.; Pardeck, Jean A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Offers strategies for using children's books as tools for teaching able-bodied children about the unique needs of children with disabilities and how disabilities are an important aspect of cultural diversity. Notes five genres for conducting bibliotherapy: fiction, nonfiction, self-help books, fairy tales, and picture books. Provides an annotated…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences