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Contact Information:

About the program:
Kimberly Greder
56 LeBaron Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
kgreder@iastate.edu
p. 515-294-5906
f. 515-294-5507

About ordering:
Joyce Howard
1086 LeBaron Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
jahoward@iastate.edu
p. 515-294-8754
f. 515-294-5507

About the Web site:
Diana Broshar
dmbro@iastate.edu
p. 515-294-8204

 

Additional Web Resources headline

Ordering Information for a Video Featured in the October 23, 2003 Broadcast

Self-Assessment For Those Who Work With African Americans And Other Minorities
The following self-assessment, excerpted from the article Cultural Competence in Child Welfare by Anna R. McPhatter, is one way of evaluating where you are as a practitioner and a person when it comes to spending time with those who are different from yourself.
http://sswnt7.sowo.unc.edu/fcrp/Cspn/Vol6_no2/selfassessment_work.htm
 
TITLE: Project CRAFT: Culturally Responsive and Family Focused Training (1997)
LENGTH: 60 minutes
Child Development Media
http://www.childdevelopmentmedia.com/searchresults2.cfm?product_id=170
email: info@childdevelopmentmedia.com
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Phone: (800)405-8942
Fax: (818)989-7826
DESCRIPTION: Video and Facilitators Guide
Promotes understanding of stereotypes and the media, cultural diversity, family values, relationship building, communication styles, and language acquisition. Families of children with disabilities from various cultural backgrounds and the professionals who work with them share their experiences and advice. Suggestions for improving service delivery and support to culturally diverse children and families.
Developing Cross Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working with Children and Their Families, 2nd ed., by Eleanor W. Lynch and Marci J. Hanson. Paul Brookes Publishing Co. (3rd edition to be released 2004) ISBN 1-55766-331-9
This book offers practical advice or working with children and families of diverse heritage. The authors address the influence of different cultures on people’s beliefs, values and behaviors. It is designed to help professionals learn how to embrace diversity in intervention services and foster respectful and effective interactions with people of many cultures.
http://www.brookespublishing.com/

Family Centered Services:
Guiding Principles and Practices for Delivery of Family Centered Services (PDF)

CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Early Childhood Research Institute
http://clas.uiuc.edu/
The CLAS Institute identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention practices and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

What is Cultural Reciprocity? Tips for Practitioners from Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/cpe/tip_2002_12.html

ERIC Clearninghouse on Early Childhood Education http://ericeece.org/
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE) is one of 16 clearinghouses in the ERIC system, which is part of the National Library of Education, funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. ERIC clearinghouses identify and select documents and journal articles, and then prepare entries describing the documents and articles to be incorporated in the ERIC database, the world's most frequently used collection of information on education.

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
Located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this site includes information on culturally responsive resources and research.

National Center for Cultural Competence
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/index.html
Strives to increase the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.

National Extension Parent Education Model Of Critical Parenting Practices
http://www.cyfernet.org/parenting_practices/foundations.html
NEPEM is a model of parent education that provides common ground for extension professionals throughout the Cooperative Extension System. NEPEM is not a parent education program. It is a compilation of priority parent practices (Care for Self, Understand, Guide, Nurture, Motivate, and Advocate) and supporting material to be used as a basis for parent education efforts.

National Extension Parenting Educators' Framework
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/NEPEF.html
The NEPEF extends the 1994 National Extension Parenting Education Model (NEPEM) of priority practices to be learned by parents by including priority practices and skills to be learned by parenting educators (Grow, Frame, Develop, Embrace, Educate, and Build). Priority Practices are defined as significant aspects of parenting education that contribute to high quality and effectiveness in programs when implemented.

University Affiliated Program Childrens Hospital Los Angeles http://www.usc.edu/hsc/ihp/uap/resource.html
This site includes books, pamphlets, papers, and presentations on cultural diversity and developmental disabilities.


Curricula:

Helping Youth Succeed: Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE7240.html
Helping Youth Succeed is a culturally sensitive program developed by Southeast Asians for Southeast Asian Families. Through stories presented both on video and in writing, families learn about other Southeast Asian parents and youth in familiar and current situations. The issues are common, developed from the real experiences for Southeast Asian families. The stories are designed to prompt discussion and facilitate problem solving, and allow families to participate without revealing their personal family information.

 

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