Cultural Competence in Bilingual Social Communication Assessment: A Case Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Huang
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Social Behaviors ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Prior History ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

The purpose of this article is to highlight how cultural considerations impact assessment and diagnostic decision making. This article addresses the steps involved in conducting a culturally sensitive, comprehensive evaluation of social communication skills using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2nd Edition (ADOS-2). This evaluation was conducted with a 13-year-old, bilingual Cantonese-English speaking teenage girl. She had a history of atypical social behaviors and language disorder, diagnosed at age two. Her complex social difficulties were previously overlooked by professionals and misunderstood as related to her Chinese culture and/or prior history of language disorder. Conducting a culturally appropriate assessment was further complicated by the family's lack of English proficiency and low socioeconomic status, and related challenges they experienced with accessing and navigating the healthcare and special education system. Lisa was referred to a multidisciplinary team, which included a native Cantonese-speaking speech-language pathologist (SLP), to determine the nature of this teenager's social challenges. The team's understanding of the layers of cultural influence on social development—overarching Chinese values, local Chinese community, and the family environment—played a key role in determining whether this teenager's social behaviors were acceptable in either the Chinese or mainstream American culture. Evaluation results shed light on this teenager's long-standing social interaction difficulties, and were consistent with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). With this newly understood diagnosis, the family reported they felt relief in knowing how to best support their daughter.

Peran Perempuan Dalam Melestarikan Nilai-Nilai Moral Tradisional Pada Masyarakat Jepang

KIRYOKU ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-300
Author(s):  
Sri Sudarsih
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Distinctive Character ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Era

The purpose of this study is to explore traditional moral values in Japanese society that are able to survive and be implemented in everyday life in the modern era. In addition, it is able to shape the distinctive character of the Japanese, including the role of women who contribute to maintaining traditional moral values. This research is a qualitative research field of philosophy with the object of formal values and the material object is the development of women's position in Japanese society. The results achieved in the study: Japanese women played an important role in the history of the struggle until Japan achieved prosperity and glory until now. This is based on the reason that Japanese women are able to maintain and preserve traditional moral values that still exist through early education in the family environment. These values can shape the character of children from an early age in the family. A family with character brings logical consequences to the life of a community with character so that it affects the culture as a whole.

scholarly journals Family functioning and environmental resources offered by families of children with mental disorders

Salud Mental ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Eduarda Souza Dilleggi ◽  
Ana Paula Rosa ◽  
Patricia Leila dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Faces Iv ◽  
The Family ◽  
Spearman Correlation Test

Introduction. The presence of mental disorders in a family may cause various losses in its functioning and characteristics. Objective. To determine which environmental resources are offered to children with mental disorders by their families and how they correlated with the family functioning. Method. The study included a total of 33 persons responsible for children with mental disorders. The subjects responded to two questionnaires to characterize family functioning (FACES IV) and the availability of resources in the family environment (RAF). Data were analyzed in a descriptively and the Spearman correlation test was used to identify associations between variables. Results. Most of the children were male and attended school, and the most frequent psychiatric diagnoses were attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Most families were considered to have good family functioning (87.9%), with only 12.1% being considered dysfunctional. Regarding environmental resources, the highest mean values were assigned to the presence of toys (6.9 ± 2.0) and to family gatherings for routine activities (6.6 ± 2.3). Family cohesion, flexibility, communication, and satisfaction (functional) were positively correlated with the offer of activities and resources and negatively correlated with unbalanced (dysfunctional) subscales. Discussion and conclusion. Children’s mental disorders do not appear to affect family dynamics in a significant manner. However, family functioning interferes with the types of activities and resources it offers to the child and that may have an impact on his/her development.

scholarly journals Supporting Bilingualism in Vulnerable Populations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13830
Author(s):  
Maria Vender ◽  
Mirta Vernice ◽  
Antonella Sorace
Keyword(s):  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Language

Although bilingualism is generally appraised and supported by society, many more doubts arise when it comes to children suffering from neurodevelopmental disorders. The concern that the exposure to two languages might deteriorate the linguistic development of children, together with the advice to simplify the linguistic environment and to adopt a monolingual approach, leads many families to abandon their home language and sacrifice bilingualism. Scientific research, however, has shown that this fear is ungrounded and that children with developmental disorders can become successful bilingual speakers, if they are provided with appropriate linguistic exposure. The aim of this paper is that of providing a state-of-the-art of the literature on this topic, by reviewing studies conducted on the interaction between bilingualism and neurodevelopmental disorders, focusing in particular on the interaction between bilingualism and developmental language disorder (DLD), developmental dyslexia and autism spectrum disorder. We discuss issues related to the early identification of DLD and dyslexia among bilinguals and we report the results of studies showing that bilingualism does not exacerbate the difficulties of children with developmental disorders, but on the contrary it can be beneficial for them, at the cognitive, linguistic and socio-cultural level. Finally, we provide some recommendations for parents, educators and practitioners, focusing on the importance of supporting the family language in all of its components, including literacy, for a complete and harmonic bilingual growth.

Exposure to Parental Alcoholism During Childhood and Outcome in Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

1986 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 584-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Beardslee ◽  
L. Son ◽  
G. E. Vaillant
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Parental Alcoholism ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal ◽  
Children’S Exposure

The effects of children's exposure to parental alcoholism was assessed using records from an existing prospective 40-year longitudinal study of working-class families: 176 men who had grown up with an alcoholic parent or parents were compared with 230 men without such exposure. Degree of exposure to alcoholism in the childhood family environment was highly correlated in later life with alcohol use, alcoholism, time in jail, sociopathy, and death, but not with increased rates of unemployment, poor physical health, or measures of adult ego functioning. Most of the impairments observed occurred in those subjects who actually developed alcoholism. Exposure to alcoholism in the family environment and family history of alcoholism independently contributed to the later development of alcoholism.

scholarly journals Etiological features of borderline personality related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12-year-old children

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Belsky ◽  
Avshalom Caspi ◽  
Louise Arseneault ◽  
Wiebke Bleidorn ◽  
Peter Fonagy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Environmental Mediation ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Family ◽  
Poor Cognitive Function ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stress Models

AbstractIt has been reported that borderline personality related characteristics can be observed in children, and that these characteristics are associated with increased risk for the development of borderline personality disorder. It is not clear whether borderline personality related characteristics in children share etiological features with adult borderline personality disorder. We investigated the etiology of borderline personality related characteristics in a longitudinal cohort study of 1,116 pairs of same-sex twins followed from birth through age 12 years. Borderline personality related characteristics measured at age 12 years were highly heritable, were more common in children who had exhibited poor cognitive function, impulsivity, and more behavioral and emotional problems at age 5 years, and co-occurred with symptoms of conduct disorder, depression, anxiety, and psychosis. Exposure to harsh treatment in the family environment through age 10 years predicted borderline personality related characteristics at age 12 years. This association showed evidence of environmental mediation and was stronger among children with a family history of psychiatric illness, consistent with diathesis–stress models of borderline etiology. Results indicate that borderline personality related characteristics in children share etiological features with borderline personality disorder in adults and suggest that inherited and environmental risk factors make independent and interactive contributions to borderline etiology.

scholarly journals Evolusi institusi pendidikan Islam klasik evolution of classical Islamic education institutions

At- Tarbawi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yunus Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Process

This article aims to export the History of Islamic Education which has lasted approximately 14 centuriesago, that is, since the prophet Muhammad was sent to be an apostle. Initially education took place simply,with the mosque as the center of the learning process, the Koran and Hadith as the main curriculum of theProphet himself acted as a teacher in the education process, but after the Prophet's death Islam continuedto develop to the end of the Arabian peninsula. Islamic educational institutions are very important inachieving the success of the education process, because the institution functions as a mediator inregulating the course of the educational process. Nowadays it seems that education cannot be called ifthere is no institution. Because education plays a central role in Islam. Science becomes the backbone ofIslamic teachings. More than 800 verses of the Qur’an mention, allude or discuss the importance of science.Just a comparison, only 90 Qur'anic verses discuss fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence. Islamic education, is veryclosely related to educational institutions because an Islamic education has an institution that helps.Islamic educational institutions are a place or place where the process of Islamic education takes placesimultaneously with the process of civilization, and it starts from the family environment.

scholarly journals Social Communication and pragmatic skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder

CoDAS ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Vasconcelos Rocha Hage ◽  
Lidiane Yumi Sawasaki ◽  
Yvette Hyter ◽  
Fernanda Dreux Miranda Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Pragmatic Language ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Social Communicative

ABSTRACT Purpose to assess the pragmatic and social communicative abilities of children with Typical Language Development (TLD), Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Methods Participants were 40 parents and 29 teachers of 40 children ages between 3 and 6 years. Ten children had DLD, ten had ASD and 20 had typical development. All participants answered to the questionnaire of the “Assessment of Pragmatic Language and Social Communication – APLSC – parent and professional reports – beta research version. Data were submitted to statistical analysis. Results The assessment tool was useful in identifying the difference in performance of children with different social communicative profiles. Conclusion Children with ASD presented social and pragmatic impairments that were more significant than those presented by children with DLD. However, both children with ASD and with DLD presented more social pragmatic difficulties than children with TLD.

scholarly journals Penyebab Langsung dan Tidak Langsung Stunting di Lima Kelurahan di Kecamatan Bogor Tengah, Kota Bogor (Study Kualitatif Kohor Tumbuh Kembang Anak Tahun 2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bunga Ch Rosha ◽  
Andi Susilowati ◽  
Nurillah Amaliah ◽  
Yurista Permanasari
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Prelacteal Feeding ◽  
Environmental Sanitation ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
First Feeding ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nutritional Needs

Abstract Stunting is a condition of chronic malnutrition that occurs during a critical period of the child's growth and development caused by several factors. The research objective was to explore the direct and indirect causes of stunting as part of the 2019 child development cohort study in Bogor City. The study used indepth interviews with 24 informants who had children under five (10-49 months) with a normal history of birth weight, but then experienced stunting. The data analysis was thematic and the results showed that the direct causes included the provision of colostrum and exclusive breastfeeding but without continued balance with adequate complementary feeding. Prelacteal feeding was given to replace breast milk after childbirth, the first feeding with factory food until more than 1 year old so that the nutritional needs of the child were insufficient. Moreover, the consumption of protein sources is still insufficient and the child has a history of recurrent infections. Meanwhile, the indirect causes included the low socioeconomic status and poor environmental sanitation conditions posing them at risks of infections. To overcome these problems, it is necessary to improve nutrition education for mothers, improve environmental sanitation and increase the family economy through community economic empowerment. Key words: Stunting, direct cause, indirect cause Abstrak Stunting merupakan kondisi kekurangan gizi kronis yang terjadi pada saat periode kritis dari proses tumbuh dan kembang anak yang dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menggali penyebab langsung dan tidak langsung kejadian stunting yang merupakan bagian dari penelitian kohor tumbuh kembang anak tahun 2019 di Kota Bogor. Metode kualitatif deskriptif dilakukan melalui wawancara mendalam dengan 24 informan ibu yang memiliki balita (10-49 bulan) dengan riwayat lahir normal, tetapi kemudian mengalami stunting. Analisis data menggunakan analisis Tematik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan penyebab langsung antara lain pemberian kolostrum serta ASI eksklusif sudah dilakukan tetapi belum diimbangi dengan MP-ASI yang adekuat, pemberian makanan prelakteal berupa susu formula diberikan untuk menggantikan ASI yang belum keluar pasca melahirkan, pemberian makanan pertama berupa makanan pabrikan diberikan sampai anak berusia lebih dari 1 tahun sehingga tidak mencukupi kebutuhan gizi anak seiringnya bertambahnya usia anak, konsumsi sumber protein masih kurang dan mengalami riwayat infeksi berulang. Sedangkan penyebab tidak langsung yaitu rendahnya status sosial ekonomi keluarga dan kondisi sanitasi lingkungan yang kurang baik dapat menjadi risiko anak mudah tertular penyakit infeksi. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini perlu ditingkatkan edukasi gizi pada ibu, peningkatan sanitasi lingkungan sekitar dengan menjalankan program bersih lingkungan dan peningkatan ekonomi keluarga melalui pemberdayaan ekonomi masyarakat. Kata kunci: Stunting, penyebab langsung, penyebab tidak langsung

The shaping of individuals’ mental structures and dispositions by others

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Hahlweg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emotional Overinvolvement ◽  
History Of ◽  
Family Interview

Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of the family environment that has been demonstrated to be a reliable, cross-culturally valid psychosocial predictor of relapse in patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders, and other — also somatic — illnesses. Assessed during the Camberwell Family Interview CFI, relatives are classified as being high in EE if they make more than a specified threshold number of critical comments or show any signs of hostility or marked emotional overinvolvement. In schizophrenia, the median relapse rate for patients returning after hospital discharge to a high EE environment is 48%, compared with 21% in a low EE-environment. In this article, the history of EE research will be outlined, and the evidence for the association between family EE and the course of schizophrenia and mood disorders will be presented. Conclusions about the treatment of major mental disorders are discussed as well as the directions of future studies.

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