The paper then proposes an analytic scheme for conducting and assessing empirical efforts in this domain within special education. Teams in Early Intervention. For related documents, see EC 303 771-775. The training is designed to enable participants to determine what supports and interferes with children's performance, develop shared perspectives in viewing children's performance, apply a common conceptual framework for early intervention, explore how each profession addresses early intervention team practices, know what other team members expect from them, and improve information sharing among team members. The paper examines controversial issues in cultural diversity, cultural variations in values and beliefs, cultural differences affecting child development, and cultural influences on interviewing.
Appendices contain a sample training agenda and cards for use in a performance competence game.
Burstein, N. et al. This paper describes a teacher education program which systematically infuses, into the entire curriculum, those competencies important in serving culturally diverse students with learning disabilities. The program's rationale, the infusion model, and its implementation and effectiveness are discussed. Multicultural Education Training for Special Educators Working with African-American Youth. A survey of 21 special education administrators in Ohio revealed that they perceived that special education teachers should be involved in multicultural educational training programs with special emphasis on African-American students and their families.