Language, culture and education : challenges of diversity in the United States / edited by Elizabeth Ijalba, Queens College, City University of New York ; Patricia Velasco, Queens College, City University of New York ; Catherine J. Crowley, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

GPB 85.00/-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Tuñón Pablos.