The conference report contains the keynote address and presentation summaries of a June, 1979, conference on the identification, counseling, and training of disabled Hispanic Americans. The conference was sponsored by Partners of the Americas and the Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and included administrators, professionals, and…

There exists a need to identify and recognize the Spanish dialect used in the Southwest United States in order to change the tradition of looking at it as inferior to standard Spanish and to English. The history of the Spanish-speaking people in the Southwest and of the changes in their culture brought about by colonialism is connected with the…

Data generated in the 1974-75 and 1979-80 reading performance assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were analyzed to determine if changes had occurred in the performance of Hispanic students. Results showed that although Hispanic students' reading performance remained below the national level, these…

Item bias in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) was investigated using black, white, and Hispanic learning disabled children. Samples of 112 blacks, 126 whites, and 117 Hispanics were matched on subtest raw score and sex. An item-by-group analysis of variance was computed on delta transformed item means for each of nine…

This paper discusses the effects of migration on the cultural adjustment of Puerto Rican students. It is asserted that the school systems on the mainland and the island are not equipped to deal with the adjustment problem of Puerto Rican students. A review of the literature on the adjustment problem indicates that controlled cross-ethnic studies…

A study involving 12 elementary age Hispanic children identified as gifted and placed in a creative arts program investigated the issue of identifying gifted minority group children. Ss were administered the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) and the Cartoon Conservation Scales (CCS). Comparisons were made between teacher…

Writing miscues of three Hispanic children were compared to those of their classmates in this study. Miscues were obtained through samples of writing taken from difficult sentence combining exercises. Results of the comparison suggested that the Hispanic American children did not make writing miscues that were qualitatively different from those of…

This paper outlines a psychological model of acculturation intended to account for the occurrence of intergenerational/acculturational differences and its concomitant family disruption. Two acculturation scales were developed measuring self-reported behaviors and value dimensions. Four samples were used in the development and validation of the…

Works of three Chicana authors focus on the individual Chicana's response to tradition and restraint and, taken as a whole, illustrate three essential steps in breaking away from the myth of the Chicana as submissive, suffering, passive, and powerless. "El ser mujer..." by poet Ana Castillo calls for the Chicana to speak out regarding…

In order to lay the foundation for the development of an agenda for health services research among Hispanics for the 1980's and beyond, over 200 conference participants drawn from among Hispanic and non-Hispanic health service researchers, health providers, users of research data, health science students, consumers, and representatives of Mexico's…

As part of an effort to investigate the cultural characteristics of Cuban Americans and to develop culturally appropriate mental health treatment models for this population, a study of Cuban/Anglo American adolescent value differences was conducted. To study cultural variables, a Value Orientations Scale was developed based on the work of…

Reported in this document are activities of the third Graduate Library Institute for Spanish-Speaking Americans (GLISA). The institute is designed to provide coursework to fulfill requirements of the University of Arizona Graduate Library School, and to develop professional competencies in library services for Hispanic people. Participants and…

Volume III-B contains appendices to the analytic report in Volume III-A of the five-volume study. In Appendix A three basic indices of segregation used in the study are described as functions of several independent variables and are defined by assigning definite values to those variables. Appendix B provides projection formulas used for estimating…

This evaluation research report describes a program originally implemented to meet the needs of English dominant Hispanic students in an urban junior high school. The report combines qualitative and quantitative data in order to provide an understanding of the relationship of program goals, implementation procedures, and effects and delineates…

The booklists presented in this guide are primarily intended to assist Reading Is Fundamental projects and other similar programs in purchasing paperback and inexpensive hard-bound books at the elementary level. Approximately 600 titles with prices and brief descriptions are listed in a general booklist. Separate booklists composed of…