The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has taken significant steps toward reducing the number of students misidentified for special education due to language and cultural differences by mandating that students qualify for special education services through the use of a battery of standardized and performance based assessments. The following resources will provide you with information concerning culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students.
Books Published by Houghton Mifflin Company- Hunt, N., & Marshall, K. (1999). Exceptional Children and Youth (2nd ed.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, Ch. 13.
- Kirk, S.A., Gallagher, J.J., & Anastasiow N.J. (2000). Educating Exceptional Children (9th ed.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, Ch. 1.
Books Published by Other Companies- Artiles, A.J., & Zamora-Duran, G. (Eds.). (1997). Reducing disproportionate representation of culturally diverse students in special education Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
- Baca, L.M., & Cervantes, H.T. (Eds.) (1984). The bilingual special education interface. St. Louis: Times Mirror/Mosby.
- Gollnick, D.M., & Chinn, P.C. (1994). Multicultural education in a pluralistic society (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Lynch, E.W., & Hanson, J.J. (1002). Developing cross-cultural competence: A guide for working with young children and their families. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
- Winzer, M., & Mazurek, K. (1998). Special education in multicultural contexts. Columbus, OH: Merrill.
Journals- Multicultural Education
- Teaching Tolerance
Web Site Resources
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