This paper summarizes a roundtable that brought together researchers, school leaders, practitioners, and policymakers to identify barriers to the education and well-being of urban children and families and explore opportunities to promote change. The first section summarizes the three commissioned papers: "Issues and Strategies Related to…

Minority groups encounter barriers to participation in boating and fishing and may not have equal access to these activities. Racial and ethnic influences on outdoor recreation participation are viewed from four theoretical perspectives. For each perspective, practices are presented that would remove or lessen socioeconomic barriers that constrain…

This collection of papers includes: (1) "An Assessment-Intervention Model for Research and Practice with Multicultural Populations" (Richard H. Dana); (2) "An Africentric Perspective for Clinical Research and Practice" (Edward F. Morris); (3) "Myths about the Null Hypothesis and the Path to Reform" (Robert G.…

The annual report of the National Council on Disability (NCD) describes major activities of 1998 to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. NCD's major activities for 1998 are grouped into four areas: (1)…

This study examined preservice teachers' beliefs in light of potential cultural differences in perceived efficacy in Taiwan and America. Subjects were 240 preservice teachers at the beginning or the ending points of their teacher education programs in Taiwan and 231 comparable American preservice teachers. Subjects completed a revised version of…

This paper presents a description of Safe Harbor, a diversity and tolerance program that focuses on helping faculty and staff become allies to students who need extra support, such as domestic students of color, international students, sexual minorities, and disabled students. The program begins with a brief videotape of three students…

This literature review discusses the need for rehabilitation organizations to become culturally competent and for rehabilitation research to reach and be utilized by minority populations. Sections address the incidence of disability in minority populations, the socially constructed nature of race, culture, and disability, cultural power and the…

This paper introduces important issues in the psychological and vocational assessment of Native Americans in schools, mental health clinics, counseling centers, and rehabilitation programs. A primary concern is to conduct such assessment in a fair and unbiased manner. Various methods are used to gather information: interviewing the client, family…

It has been widely acknowledged in language acquisition research that cultural learning is an inseparable part of language learning. However, insufficient attention has been paid to the culture of classroom learning which involves both teachers' and learners' cultural values, beliefs, roles, expectations, and conceptions of teaching and learning.…

Discusses various themes and ideas (and how to teach them) presented in Reading Ladders for Human Relations.'' (MM)

Examines the recent history of early childhood intervention efforts; discusses principles that guided the formation of intervention programs in the 1960s and 1970s; describes the Head Start program and lessons learned from its development; considers issues in evaluating intervention programs; and presents suggestions for future directions in early…

Defines and examines the nature of prejudice toward children, the psychiatrically impaired, the exceptional, and the culturally different and offers suggestions for elementary school counselors involved in cross-cultural counseling. Calls for empirical data on cross-cultural awareness and advocacy. (JAC)

Describes a staff development program designed to help Adult Basic Education/English as a Second Language teachers make their instruction more relevant to culturally pluralistic students caught up in the growing economic crunch. (JOW)

Concludes that the reading interests of Mexican-American students differ little from those of other American students. (FL)

Concludes that White student teachers in predominately Hispanic schools were more concerned about curriculum implementation and teaching methodology than about problems relating to cultural variation. (FL)