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- Title: An Overview of Parental Perceptions in Cross-Cultural Groups on Disability.
- Author : Childhood Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 191 KB
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Ferraro (1995) defines the concept of culture as "everything that people have, think and do as members of a society" (p. 16). The role of culture in children's development and in early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) practices has been ignored in the United States until recent years (Coll & Magnuson, 2000), with the values of the Anglo American culture dominating. Moreover, cultural differences have been conceptualized as a source of risk. Among the cultural characteristics of families, parental perceptions in connection with the development and disability of their children may have the greatest effect on EI/ECSE practices, as parental perceptions are considered key factors in interactions between parents and EI/ECSE professionals. This article examines studies on parental perceptions on disability among families of children with disabilities across varied traditional cultural groups, including Mexican American, Chinese American, Arab, and Jewish communities. These studies have focused on parental perceptions on the nature, causation, and treatment of disability.