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Mohammadi, Mohammad-Reza, Ed. – InTech, 2011
The aim of the book is to serve for clinical, practical, basic and scholarly practices. In twentyfive chapters it covers the most important topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorders in the efficient way and aims to be useful for health professionals in training or clinicians seeking an update. Different people with autism can have very different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Cultural Differences, Quality of Life
Horne, Arthur M., Ed.; Kiselica, Mark S., Ed. – 1999
This book serves as both a scholarly and practical guide for teachers, school psychologists, and parents on helping boys and adolescent males grow up. It provides practitioners with a comprehensive handbook on understanding and responding to the developmental, cultural, and special concerns of boys and adolescent males. It attempts to provide…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Bullying
Fontes, Lisa Aronson, Ed. – 1995
Due to cultural and linguistic misunderstandings, racism, and even homophobia, sexual abuse is frequently mishandled by professionals working with minority populations. Research and multiculturalism have led to advances in understanding sexual abuse in its various contexts. The complicated issues which surround such abuse, in nine different…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Child Abuse, Counseling Techniques
Howes, Carollee; And Others – 1992
This book examines the developmental functions of social pretend play (SPP), asserting that SPP is salient in the formation of both social interaction skills and friendships from the toddler period into middle childhood. Part 1 discusses the mastery of the communication of meaning in SPP and presents three studies on the relationship between…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Abuse, Children
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Biklen, Sari Knopp, Ed.; Pollard, Diane, Ed. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1993
This yearbook provides an overview of scholarship in the area of gender in education. A feminist point of view characterizes the approach, recognizing the pluralism of the feminist movement. A recurrent theme is that considerations of gender are not complete without recognition of other factors. Chapters include: (1) "Sex, Gender, Feminism, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adolescents, Cultural Differences
Razack, Sherene H. – 1998
This book challenges the widely held view that relations between dominant and subordinate groups can be unmarked by histories of oppression, as many cultural diversity theorists, educators, and legal practitioners presume. In this view, problems of communication are mere technical glitches caused by cultural and other differences, and educators…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Classroom Communication, Consciousness Raising, Court Litigation