Mothers supporting play as a choice for children with disabilities within a culturally and linguistically diverse community

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 373-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia J. Sterman ◽  
Geraldine A. Naughton ◽  
Anita C. Bundy ◽  
Elspeth Froude ◽  
Michelle A. Villeneuve
Keyword(s):  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Community

Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Children with Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Lydia Gerzel-Short ◽  
Elisheba W. Kiru ◽  
Yun-Ju Hsiao ◽  
Katrina A. Hovey ◽  
Yan Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Family Engagement ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
School Partnerships ◽  
Social Success ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Shared Agency

Classrooms are increasingly more diverse, and student success can be enhanced through family engagement, especially for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students with disabilities. Too often teachers are stymied by how to engage CLD families of children with disabilities. Common practices of parent involvement are ineffective and fail to appreciate families as members of the educational team. Family engagement seeks to establish and maintain authentic family-school partnerships based on mutual respect and shared agency for student academic and social success. This column provides specific family engagement strategies that teachers and schools can implement in an effort to provide reciprocal collaboration.

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