Learning Challenges for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students With Disabilities

Identifies ways in which culturally and linguistically diverse families can be involved with schools to help build educators' cultural competence, and explores the idea of disabilities as a social model with a focus on strengths rather than a medical model focused on needs and weaknesses.

Cand sunt identificati copiii cu probleme de invatare, comunitatea educationala din Statele Unite aplica cu sarguinta un model bine stabilit de remediere care, in cea mai mare parte, a dat rezultate pozitive. Cu toate acestea, cercetarile au demonstrat ca perceptia americana asupra dizabilitatii poate varia de la cele din culturile estice.