The challenge of cultural blindness: implications for family-focused service delivery

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Special education professionals dealing with culturally diverse families need to be aware of their own cultural assumptions, those of the families they serve and the challenges to collaborative relationships with these culturally diverse families resulting from cultural blindness. Data from participant observations of a Native American parent support group in a reservation and from qualitative interviews with three mothers and three professionals within this group are used to analyze the implications of cultural blindness for the empowerment of minority families.

Research, Communications, Special education, Communication and culture, Family services

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A posture of reciprocity: a practical approach to collaboration between professionals and parents of culturally diverse backgrounds

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The posture of reciprocity is a recommended approach for professionals in developing culturally responsive services for diverse families of children with disabilities. This approach emphasizes the need for professional self-awareness in helping families by recognizing the cultural specificity of professional practice as well as personal beliefs and values. Likewise, issues that may cause differing cultural interpretations related to the meaning of disability is prevented.

Analysis, Disabled children

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The relevance of sociocultural theory to culturally diverse partnerships and communities

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This article examines the impact of information technology and globalization on existing educational paradigms. The author authors maintain existing knowledge regarding cultural diversity is constantly being replaced due to growing global connections and rapidly changing technologies, and argue that sociocultural theory should replace the existing educational pedagogy.

World, Models, Information technology, Education, Study and teaching, International relations, Sociology

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