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Culturally Sensitive Interventions

Social Skills Training with Children and Parents From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds

Bernadette Delgado Rivera, PhD, is an assistant professor of school psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her current areas of research include social skills training with culturally and linguistically diverse children, assessment practices with potentially English-proficient children, and academic achievement of culturally diverse children.

Diana Rogers Adkinson

Diana Rogers-Adkinson, PhD, is an assistant professor of special education at Wichita State University. Dr. Rogers-Adkinson's scholarly work includes studies on the language ability of children with behavior disorders, cultural implications in social skills intervention, and cultural interpretation of deviant behavior of children with emotional/behavioral disorders. Address: Bernadette Delgado Rivera, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588–0345.

The rapid demographic changes in the United States pose a challenge to educators and practitioners in providing services that are sensitive to the needs of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Social competence is paramount to function successfully in school and community environments. Misinterpretation of culturally linked behavior places these children in conflict with expectations for social behaviors between home and school. This article provides an overview of cultural influences on social behaviors of children from diverse backgrounds and suggests practical applications for developing and implementing social skills training programs for these children and their parents.

Intervention in School and Clinic, Vol. 33, No. 2, 75-80 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/105345129703300201


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