Language, culture and education : challenges of diversity in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Ijalba, Elizabeth (Editor), Velasco, Patricia (Editor), Crowley, Catherine J. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Children of immigrants > Education > United States. Multicultural education > United States. Language arts > United States. Education, Bilingual > United States. EDUCATION > Administration > General. EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions. Children of immigrants > Education. Education, Bilingual. Language arts. Multicultural education. United States. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction to the immigrant experience / Elizabeth Ijalba
Immigration, bilingual education, policy, and educational planning. Political, social and educational challenges in the struggle to develop bilingual education as a pedagogical model in the United States / Elizabeth Ijalba and Patricia Velasco
Distinguishing a true disability from "something else": Part I. Current challenges to providing valid, reliable, and culturally and linguistically appropriate disability evaluations / Catherine J. Crowley and Miriam Baigorri
Distinguishing a true disability from "something else": Part II. Toward a model of culturally and linguistically appropriate speech-language disability evaluations / Catherine J. Crowley and Miriam Baigorri
Bilingualism, literacy ecologies, and parental engagement among immigrant families. Raising children bilingually: what parents and educators should know about bilingualism in children / Anny Castilla-Earls
Language acquisition in emergent bilingual triplets / Rosemarie Sepulveda and Elizabeth Ijalba
Chinese parents and raising their children bilingual: Fujianese immigrants / Elizabeth Ijalba and Qi Li
Bilingualism in Korean-American children and maternal perceptions on education / Elizabeth Ijalba and Nakyung Yoo
Transgenerational bilingual reading practices: a case study of an undocumented Mixteco family / Patricia Velasco and Bobbie Kabuto
Parent education with Latino families of children with language impairment / Elizabeth Ijalba and Angela Giraldo
Cultural perceptions on disability, the home language, and health care alternatives among immigrants. Perceptions on autism in Hispanic immigrant mothers of preschool children with autism spectrum disorders / Elizabeth Ijalba
How early childhood interventions endanger the home language and home-culture: a call to value the role of families / Victoria Puig
A critical review of cultural and linguistic guidelines in serving Arab-Americans / Reem Khamis-Dakwar
Building home-school connections within a multicultural education framework: challenges and opportunities before and after President Trump's election / Patricia Velasco
Health and alternatives to healthcare for Mexican immigrants in New York / Esperanza TunÌƒoÌ?n Pablos.