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Download full textFrench, Laurence Armand – 1992
This paper examines two states operating under Federal Court Orders concerning deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental retardation. New Hampshire is presented as a state in which sociopolitical realities have interfered with efforts to monitor the quality of care, as the Laconia State School was closed for economic reasons, thereby…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Court Litigation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Focal Point, 1994
This special issue examines multicultural aspects of services provided by agencies concerned with children's mental health. The lead article is titled "Developing Culturally Competent Organizations" by James L. Mason. This article uses the cultural competence model to discuss an organization's self-evaluation and its planning in the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Weddington, Johnny R.; And Others – 1995
This report examines various vocational rehabilitation models that serve American Indians and Alaska Natives with disabilities, with examples and case studies to demonstrate how the models work in real client-counselor situations. Stressed throughout is the importance of issues of cultural diversity, cultural competency, and self-determination.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indians
Colorado State Library, Denver. – 1993
The Committee on Library Services to Ethnic Populations of the Colorado Council on Library Development was charged with developing a comprehensive plan to address library services for the increasing ethnic/culturally diverse populations in the state of Colorado and with identifying possible funding sources to implement the plan. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Stephens, Thomas M. – 1992
This paper examines the present conditions of gifted education, both nationally and in Ohio. It offers an historical perspective including a 200 year timeline of milestones in the areas of gifted education programs, legal authority, personnel preparation, public awareness, and testing and identification. Federal and Ohio State support of gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems
Sareen, Harvinder; Visencio, Diane; Russ, Shirley; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
If early childhood systems are to be effective at the population level then they must be able to provide family-centered care to all the racial, ethnic and cultural groups that they serve. Despite major policy driven and technological advances in healthcare, health disparities across different races and ethnicities persist. For example, the infant…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes
