Resources highlighting cultural issues in providing services to children and youth with disabilities.
Cross-Cultural Discussion of Disability Policies for Child Welfare Professionals
Kayama & Haight (2015)
University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Provides a module that reviews Federal and national policies on school-based disability support for children with mild cognitive and behavioral disabilities.
Cultural and Linguistic Competence Assessment for Disability Organization (PDF - 147 KB)
Goode, Trivedi, & Jones (2010)
Provides support to organizations that plan for and incorporate culturally and linguistically competent values, policies, structures, and practices in all aspects of their work.
Cultural Diversity
National Council on Disability
Includes resources on barriers to and promising practices for the inclusion of people with disabilities with respect to race, ethnicity, linguistic tradition, and economic status.
Cultural Influences on Perceptions of Health, Illness, and Disability: A Review and Focus on Autism
Ravindran & Myers (2012)
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21(2)
Considers the role of culture in shaping family, professional, and community understanding of developmental disabilities and their treatments.
Disability Training for First Responders: Serving People With Disabilities
Ohio State University, Ohio Disability and Health Program (2017)
Presents a 1-hour training for first responders on working with people with disabilities and also links to general resources relating to disability.
The Intersection of Child Welfare and Disability: Focus on Children (PDF - 1,710 KB)
University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (2013)
CW360: A Comprehensive Look at a Prevalent Child Welfare Issue
Examines the issues of children with disabilities in the child welfare system encompassing a range of topics including intellectual and developmental disabilities and provides a look at disability in American Indian Communities and in the Somali community.
Some Implications for Child Welfare Training From Our Study of Special Education and Child Welfare Outcomes for Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Children (PDF - 102 KB)
Nguyen, Larson & Hollister (2014)
University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
Presents findings from a study examining the status of immigrant students in Minnesota over the course of 1 year and concludes that the characteristics of child welfare vary among different ethnic groups and that child welfare work should be culturally appropriate.
Working With Diverse Families
Center for Parent Information and Resources (2013)
Gives a list of resources to help impart that different cultures do not necessarily view disabilities in children in the same way.