While convincing research suggests that beliefs are the best predictors of individual
behavior and that educators' beliefs influence their perceptions, judgments, and practices …

This booklet features a checklist designed to help persons who are involved in providing
direct services to culturally diverse, young special needs children to assess their attitudes …

This book presents the results of a study entitled" What Counselors, Educators,
Psychologists and Others Should Know About the Hispanic Culture in Order to Work More …

This book presents the results of a study of the factors contributing to a lack of academic
success for Hispanic-American students. About 500 professionals and parents from 19 …

The purpose of this research was to present evidence of reliability and validity of the Cultural
Diversity Awareness Inventory. Given the demographic changes in the public schools, this …

The purpose of this study was to uncover a rich theoretical basis of cultural competency and
awareness in education and create an instrument, Educators Scale of Student Diversity …

Abstract The “Looking After Children in Canada” project was conducted in collaboration with
Child Welfare agencies in Canada's six most eastern provinces. It is broader in scope than …

Cuban immigrants arrive by raft on the Florida coast almost daily. Many of the “Balseros”(or
“raft-fugees”, as this author calls them) who arrived in 1994 and 1995 were preadolescent …

Minority group children are over-represented in special education classes in comparison to
their percentage of the total population. It is apparent that for this group, the goal of receiving …