Navigating disability and related services: stories of immigrant families
| Autor: | Belinda J. Hardin, Katrina P. Cummings |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural perspective
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Refugee 05 social sciences Immigration 050301 education Gender studies Special education Pediatrics Phenomenology (philosophy) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cultural diversity Developmental and Educational Psychology Country 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology 0503 education Social psychology Cultural competence media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 187:115-127 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
| Popis: | 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 parents of children with disabilities from four countries. Results indicate that the process for accepting, or not accepting, that their child has a disability differed across cultural contexts. Additionally, immigrant parents encounter diverse labelling practices and have varying levels of participation in special education services. Moreover, immigrant families who are refugees have differential access to services and a more limited cultural perspective of their heritage country than families who came to the USA directly from their heritage country. These results can assist professionals in rethinking policies and practices to more effectively establish pa... |
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