Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ263551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1982
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Exceptional Children: Culture, Language and the Law: A Cross-Cultural Training Challenge.
Sales, T. Bradford; Fox, C. Lynn
Education, v102 n3 p226-31 Spr 1982
Outlines the skills necessary (objectivity, effective parental involvement, assessment preparation, implementing a least-biased assessment, analyzing the information) for a multidisciplinary team to make appropriate educational assessments of minority students as mandated by the Education for All Children Handicapped Act (Public Law 94-142). Describes a training model for developing these skills. (LC)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Diagnosis, English (Second Language), Ethnic Bias, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Attitudes, Minority Groups, Models, Non English Speaking, Nondiscriminatory Education, Objective Tests, Parent Participation, Professional Training, Skill Development, Special Education, Students, Teamwork, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act
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