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Boright, Lucinda L. – 1990
The Khmer are the predominant ethnic group of Cambodia, yet they have suffered genocide in their own homeland. The English language is the primary social barrier confronted by Cambodian refugees to the United States, since there are no similarities between English and Khmer alphabets and tenses. Refugees who arrrived in 1975 tended to be educated,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Techniques

Reiboldt, Wendy; Goldstein, Avery E. – Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 2000
Interviews with two Cambodian immigrant families over 2 years revealed how they relied on each other more than formal service providers to cope with difficulties. They focused on children's education and safety, insulation of the family from external influences, and interdependence with the immigrant community. (SK)
Descriptors: Cambodians, Coping, Ethnography, Family Relationship
McLester, Susan – Technology & Learning, 2005
This brief article tells the story of one young man's complicated history and background that was turned around for the better through his involvement with the YMCA Youth Institute and a camp providing team-building exercises, and in-depth instruction in digital arts skills, such as how to edit photos with Adobe Photoshop and create 3D animations…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Abdon, Buenafe R.; Ninomiya, Seishi; Raab, Robert T. – Online Submission, 2007
Developing countries face a number of challenges in their efforts to compete successfully in the new global economy. Perhaps the most critical resource needed to achieve these goals is trained human capital. While many developing countries are trying to address this need through traditional means, this may not be the most effective or efficient…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Community Information Services, Human Capital
Abdon, Buenafe R.; Ninomiya, Seishi; Raab, Robert T. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
Developing countries face a number of challenges in their efforts to compete successfully in the new global economy. Perhaps the most critical resource needed to achieve these goals is trained human capital. While many developing countries are trying to address this need through traditional means, this may not be the most effective or efficient…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Cambodians, Academic Achievement, Global Approach
Wong, Eunice C.; Marshall, Grant N.; Schell, Terry L.; Elliott, Marc N.; Hambarsoomians, Katrin; Chun, Chi-Ah; Berthold, S. Megan – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Asian Americans encounter barriers to mental health care, some of which are structural, whereas others may be cultural. Using data from a probability sample (N = 490) drawn from the largest Cambodian refugee community in the United States, the authors assessed the extent to which structural and cultural barriers were experienced. Surprisingly, a…
Descriptors: Probability, Refugees, Mental Health, Asian Americans
Hinton, Devon E.; Otto, Michael W. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2006
Among psychologically distressed Cambodian refugees, somatic complaints are particularly prominent. Cambodians interpret anxiety-related somatic sensations in terms of "Wind" ("khyal"), an ethnophysiology that gives rise to multiple catastrophic interpretations; and they have prominent trauma-memory associations to anxiety-related somatic…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Behavior Modification, Schemata (Cognition)
Dinh, Thinh Van – 1979
After a brief description of the origins and languages of the three major groups of Indochinese refugees in the United States--Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians--and short references to subgroups, 20 observations on the general cultural traits of the Indochinese are given. These observations touch on the following: the importance of harmonious…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits
Felsman, J. Kirk; And Others – 1985
This is a selected bibliography on child and adolescent refugees of Indochinese from the American project at Dartmouth Medical School. Very little literature exists on child or adolescent refugees of any nationality and virtually no prospective, longitudinal studies are available. No firm conclusions about the development and adaptation of these…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Asian Americans, Cambodians
"Women Must Endure According to Their Karma." Cambodian Immigrant Women Talk About Domestic Violence
Bhuyan, Rupaleem; Mell, Molly; Senturia, Kirsten; Sullivan, Marianne; Shiu-Thornton, Sharyne – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Asian populations living in the United States share similar cultural values that influence their experiences with domestic violence. However, it is critical to recognize how differential cultural beliefs in the context of immigration and adjustment to life in the United States affect attitudes, interpretations, and response to domestic violence.…
Descriptors: Females, Immigrants, Action Research, Family Violence
Wright, Wayne E.; Li, Xiaoshi – Language Policy, 2008
The "No Child Left Behind Act" establishes federal education policy for the United States, with a heavy focus on accountability through high-stakes testing. Provisions specific to English language learners (ELLs) include the mandate for their inclusion in state math tests, even for newcomer students enrolled for less than one year. Most…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Textbooks, Federal Legislation, Language Proficiency
Chhuon, Vichet; Hudley, Cynthia; Macias, Roseanne – Online Submission, 2006
Educational policy usually overlooks Cambodian American students as a unique ethnic group, attending instead to the positive statistics that aggregate Asian American students into a single group of successful students. Reflecting the reality of underachievement in this population, much of the existing research on Cambodian Americans has focused on…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Social Values, Student Attitudes, Educational Policy
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
An illustrated guide to aspects of life in the United States is presented in Khmer for recent arrivals from Cambodia. The guidelines address such topics as resettlement agencies, community relations and national customs, the U.S. government, local and long distance transport, mail and telephone communication systems, employment practices, the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Cambodians, Daily Living Skills
Berney, Tomi D.; Adelman, Deborah – 1990
Project Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics (TEACH) served limited-English-proficient (LEP) students from several Caribbean and Central American countries and Cambodia at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Bronx, New York). The goals of the program were to help LEP students adjust academically and culturally to life…
Descriptors: Cambodian, Cambodians, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Chen, Ching-Yaw; Sok, Phyra; Sok, Keomony – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2007
Purpose: To study the quality in higher education in Cambodia and explore the potential factors leading to quality in Cambodian higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Five main factors that were deemed relevant in providing quality in Cambodian higher education were proposed: academic curriculum and extra-curricular activities, teachers'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cambodians, Universities, Private Colleges