Cultural Diversity
Cultural diversity refers to the differences among individuals based on their personal experiences and attributes.
A person's culture may include their race, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, nationality, language, religion, political affiliation, and socioeconomic background. Additionally, cultural norms may be influenced by these differences, such as peer and social group interactions and family or community values.
Often, cultural and linguistic diversities are mentioned together (CLD). While cultural diversity may often include linguistic diversity, the two terms are not interchangeable.
Special educators must be culturally responsive to all students, especially those students with disabilities whose culture may influence their educational decisions and outcomes.
It is important for researchers and practitioners to understand how early referral decisions are made in communities because the long-term consequences of an at-risk child being referred (or not) to...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
09/30/2013
To Wait in Tier 1 or Intervene Immediately
This randomized controlled experiment compared the efficacy of two response-to-intervention (RTI) models—typical RTI and dynamic RTI—and included 34 first-grade classrooms ( n = 522 students) across...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
09/15/2014
Constructing and Validating a Multiple-Indicator Construct of Economic Hardship in a National Sample of Adolescents with Disabilities
The purpose of the current study was to develop a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship among adolescents with disabilities ( N = 9,230) participating in the National Longitudinal Transition...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
01/19/2015
Parent Concern and Enrollment in Intervention Services for Young Children With Developmental Delays
This study sought to address underenrollment and late entry to early intervention by identifying factors associated with parental concern and services for developmental delays. The authors analyzed...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
05/25/2015
Supporting Congregational Inclusion for Children and Youth With Disabilities and Their Families
Although considerable attention has focused on the inclusion of young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in school, work, and residential settings, less is known about their...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
09/07/2015
Intellectual Giftedness and Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents
Using a systematic search strategy in which intellectual giftedness was operationalized in terms of IQ score, the authors examined evidence from studies reporting on associations between this aspect...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
09/13/2015
Using Survival Analysis to Understand Graduation of Students With Disabilities
This study examined when students with disabilities graduated high school and how graduation patterns differed for students based on selected demographic and educational factors. Utilizing statewide...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
12/16/2015
Food Insecurity in U.S. Households That Include Children With Disabilities
The authors examined food insecurity in households including children with disabilities, analyzing data from the 2004 and 2008 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, which included...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
07/27/2016
Are Black Children Disproportionately Overrepresented in Special Education? A Best-Evidence Synthesis
We synthesized empirical work to evaluate whether Black children are disproportionately overrepresented in special education. We identified 22 studies that met a priori inclusion criteria including...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
11/04/2016
Cross-Cohort Evidence of Disparities in Service Receipt for Speech or Language Impairments
We examined the extent to which disparities in the receipt of special education services for speech or language impairments (SLIs) on the basis of race, ethnicity, or language use by kindergarten—when...
Journal Name:
Exceptional Children
Publish date:
08/03/2017