Multicultural Resources

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• The OSEP Spanish Glossary Project - "The right of parents to participate in educational decision-making regarding their child with a disability is an important underpinning of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). However, for many parents, lack of understanding of the education and legal terminology included in IDEA, may limit their ability to effectively accomplish this important role. This is an especially significant challenge for parents of children with disabilities who are not native English Speakers. The OSEP Spanish Glossary was developed by the Region 1 Parent Technical Assistance Center@SPAN to ensure that educational terms related to the implementation of IDEA used in documents to promote parents’ authentic participation are translated in a uniform and comprehensible way, across states, geographical regions and communities of Spanish speakers."
• Looking for materials in Spanish, Chinese, Russian or any other languages?  Use the New Parent Center Portal!
• Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• Communication Across Barriers
• Cultural Competence from The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
• Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention
• DHS American Indian Services - The Department of Human Services, in collaboration with Michigan's 12 federally recognized American Indian tribes, has developed a coordinated vision and service delivery system that focuses on the preservation of Indian families. This page contains information on available services, employment and training, heritage, tribes, and the state-tribal partnership.
• Equity Assistance Center
  • Equity Assistance Center Serving Michigan
• FAPE Publications in Multiple Languages
• GobiernoUSA.gov
• Information in Spanish for Teens from Nemours TeensHealth
• Intercultural Development Research Center
• Making Public Programs Work for Communities of Color: An Action Kit for Community Leaders
• Materiales De The Iris Center en Espanol
• Medline Plus Health Information in Multiple Languages
• NICHCY Spanish Language Resources
• Pacer Center Translated Materials – Spanish
• Publicaciones en espanol, National Institute For Urban School Improvement
• Multicultural Pavilion
• Multicultural Sources for Health Information
• PTA. . .Ayude a su hijo!
• Young Latino infants and families: Parental involvement implications - This study provides a deeper understanding of how cultural practices combine with other factors to shape parenting behaviors among families in the United States in the first year of children's lives. Several findings provide information about ways in which practitioners and Latino families can more effectively engage with young Latino children to influence their cognitive, social, language, and literacy development-and therefore facilitate their school readiness.
• Translations of Selected OSE/EIS Documents
• Visions: Supporting Native American Families - This program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), provides Parent Training and Information (PTI) services to Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native families across the country.
• Washington Learning Systems (Includes free resources in Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Korean, English and Somali)

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