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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Latino Families"”.
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Perceptions Of American Latino Families Of Their Children's Education: Stories From One Suburban Middle School
… one thing is always a constant: there are families behind every story of immigration. To uncover some of these stories, four American Latino immigrant families were interviewed about their experience with assimilation and factors associated with the academic success of their children. The …
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Mothers' beliefs about emotions, mother-child emotion discourse, and children's emotion understanding in Latino families
… emotion talk, and emotion understanding in Latino preschool-aged children. Research on Latino families may prove to be important given the little research that has focused on emotion understanding strictly in Latino cultures. Forty Latino mother-child dyads were observed throughout a series …
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Latino families’ expectations about the process of family therapy, therapists, treatment outcome, termination, and future therapy
… been dedicated to exploring the expectations of Latino/a clients about therapy and even fewer have been dedicated to exploring the experience of Latino families in family therapy. The theoretical framework used in this qualitative research is General Systems theory and Expectancy theory. The …
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Latino Families and Parental Involvement: A Case Study of Home Literature Conversations in a Primary Bilingual Classroom
… describes and interprets the dialogue between Latino parents and their children during home literature conversations. The participating students were enrolled in my first and second grade classroom in East Los Angeles, California. I was guided by the following research questions in this …
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A study of the families included in receiving better special education services project for Latino families of children with disabilities
… Disabilities Education Act, 2004). However, many families face barriers to participation in the special education process. Latino families especially face systemic barriers when participating in educational decision-making for their children with IDD. Although prior studies have tested programs to …
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Parental Strategies for Adolescent Diabetes Management in Latino and Caucasian Youth
… with type 1 diabetes (N=118 dyads; 48% Latino; 54% female adolescents; 10 to 15 years old; illness duration > 1 year; 25% on insulin pump). Qualitative data consisted of maternal and adolescent narrative responses to the open-ended question, “What do you (does your mother) do when …
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Latino Family Involvement: An Exploratory Study of Latina Mother-Daughter Relationships and Their Effects on Educational Attainment and Resiliency
<p>Latino family involvement is an important issue in the field of education. Effective strategies to promote family involvement in the Latino community are vital for the educational attainment of Latino students and emotional wellbeing of Latino families. This study used focus groups, in-depth …
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Enhancing Interventions for Pediatric Obesity Among Young Latino Children: A Mixed Methods Study
… Of these children, a disproportionate number are Latino. This racial and ethnic disparity has been observed in young childhood and persists when considering the effectiveness of current childhood obesity interventions. Programs that have demonstrated success with other racial and ethnic groups …
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Insights from Survivors and Latino Professional Counselors Providing Interventions to Latino Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Implications for Culturally Responsive Interventions and Professional Training
… is a growing need for intervention models for Latino families experiencing psycho-social issues resulting from domestic violence, given the growth of this population and their experience with this issue. The model needs to be inclusive of culturally attuned interventions, culturally proficiency …
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Integrating Cultural Perspectives of First Generation Latino Students and Families into the College Admissions Process
<p>First generation college-bound Latino students and their families are placed at a disadvantage in the college admissions process for a variety of reasons. Their cultural perspectives in relation to education and family combined with the increasingly widening gap between the working class and …
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The Family Process Model: Predicting Youth Behavior Problems in Mexican American, African American, and European American Families
… in European American and African American families, less is known about the processes mediating the effects of economic hardship on Latino families. The lack of research on the applicability of the family process model to Latino families is surprising as Latinos are disproportionately …
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Intergenerational Family Learning Programs: Stories of Latinx, Immigrant Families and Their Journeys to and through Higher Education
… research presents the stories of three Latinx families who participated in an intergenerational family program. I endeavored to understand their experiences navigating the American system of education and their immigrant stories. Their narratives revealed significant details that can serve as …
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A Factorial Mixed-Methods Inquiry to Engage Latino Participants in Parenting Programs
… preferences for an ideal parenting program for Latino families. Participants included Latino fathers and mothers with low and high attendance to a prior parenting program, and those without previous experience in parenting education. Evaluated domains included intervention characteristics, …
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Predictors of Sexual Relationship Power, Communication and Sexual Decision Making among Latino Couples
Unintended pregnancy (UP) is increasing among Latinos in the United States. Unintended pregnancy contributes to many negative consequences for infants, mothers and families. Concurrently, various factors affect Latino couples’ sexual relationship power, communication and decision making about …
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Latino Parent Involvement: One Georgia District's Perspective
… out and sharing their experiences. Many of these families are in areas of the country where immigration issues are relatively new. Unfortunately, statistics on academic achievement and drop-out rates for these Latino students are alarming. The educational community must create opportunities for …
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“We’re gonna’ do it together!”: a qualitative study of school readiness beliefs and practices among low-income Latina mothers and teachers in a suburban head start
… and future life success. Research documents that Latino children are disproportionately at-risk for being unready for kindergarten compared to their Black and White peers. Researchers report that low income Latina mothers and preschool teachers often hold different beliefs about the skills that …
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Crossing the Border Through Service-Learning: The Power of Cross-Cultural Relationships
… that emerged between university students and Latino families paired through a university service-learning course. The relationships crossed socially constructed boundaries of ethnic groups, language, educational levels, and socioeconomic status, exploring the intersection of community service, …
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