The Implications of Culture on Developmental Delay. ERIC Digest E589.

Autor/in	Valdivia, Rebeca
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA.
Titel	The Implications of Culture on Developmental Delay. ERIC Digest E589.
Quelle	(1999), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Influences; Developmental Delays; Early Childhood Education; Language Minorities; Minority Group Children; Parent Attitudes; Screening Tests; Second Language Learning; Student Evaluation; Test Bias; Test Norms; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Sprachminderheit; Elternverhalten; Screening-Verfahren; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Testkritik; Testnorm; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	This Digest discusses cultural influences that may lead to the inappropriate diagnosis of a young student as developmentally delayed, and the need to use assessment instruments that are appropriate for use with culturally and linguistically diverse families. In order to determine the appropriateness of norm-referenced instruments for children from diverse backgrounds, professionals are urged to ask themselves the following questions: (1) Were the norms inclusive of the diversity of families found in the communities across the United States with which the tool will be applied? (2) Did these "diverse" children also represent variations that typify the communities in which the tool will be applied? (3) Does the tool or process include provisions to conduct the assessment in the child's dominant language? and (4) Will specially trained personnel familiar with the family's culture, practices, and beliefs conduct the assessment? Professionals are also warned to recognize that the domains of development and the items subsumed in each area, are predominately reflective of a Western approach to the discussion and examination of early childhood development and may contradict a more holistic, functional, situational approach common in other cultural groups. (CR)
Anmerkungen	ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191-1589. Tel: 800-328-0272 (Toll Free); e-mail: ericec@cec.sped.org; Web site: http://ericec.org. For full text: http://ericec.org/digests/e589.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC