Resources from Outside Oregon
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Publications
El Adolescente de Hoy (Teens Today)
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Dra. Gloria Torres
Servicio de Extensión Agrícola
University of Puerto Rico |
| Address |
PO Box 21120
San Juan, PR 00928-1120
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| Phone |
787-765-8000 x256 or 259
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| Desription |
This printed curriculum contains 13 sessions plus audiovisuals and evaluation materials. It is designed for volunteers, parents and persons who work with adolescents to provide them with information about development, encourage them to establish better relationships with adolescents, and teach them to be more effective in dealing with adolescents. |
Center for Diversity Annotated Bibliography
| Type |
Resource |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
University of California, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Affirmative Action Office, Resource Center for Diversity |
| Address |
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612
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| Phone |
(510) 987-0098 |
| Desription |
List of resources in several different mediums: video tapes and films, audio tapes, training curricula and activity books, and books and pamphlets. Includes topics of race, gender, disability, and diversity. |
Companion Guide to Guidelines for Family Support Practice
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Family Support America |
Address
Web site |
20 North Wacker Dr, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm |
| Phone |
(312) 338-0900 |
| Fax |
(312) 338-1522 |
| Desription |
Written as an expansion of the topics found in the book, Guidelines for Family Support Practice. The areas focused on in the companion guide include family support policy, evaluation and research, training and education, and a more intensive concentration on issues of racial and ethnic diversity. The publication is a double issue of the 1996-97 quarterly report published by the Family Resource Coalition.
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Culture and Family-Centered Practice
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Family Support America |
Address
Web site |
20 North Wacker Dr, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm |
| Phone |
(312) 338-0900 |
| Fax |
(312) 338-1522 |
| Desription |
The publication is the 1995-96 double issue of the quarterly report published by the Family Resource Coalition. A collection of articles with the common theme of what it takes to empower families of many different cultures through family-centered practice. |
Diverse Partners in Planning and Decision Making
| Type |
Research, $1.50 |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Louise Parker and Drew Betz/ Western Regional Extension (Washington State University Extension) |
| Desription |
The circular addresses diversity in a broad context, including but not limiting itself to issues of race and culture. Provides suggestions and strategies to involve community members as partners in programs and institutions. |
Effective Programs for Latino
Students in Elementary and Middle Schools
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Center for Research on Education, Diversity
and Excellence, University of California, Santa Cruz |
Address
Web site |
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
www.crede.org |
| Phone |
(831) 459-3500 |
| Fax |
(831) 459-3502 |
| Desription |
The report identifies programs that
have proven to be effective and programs that show potential for
improving academic achievement among Latino youth in the elementary
and middle grades. It targets not only programs specifically designed
for this population, but also programs that have worked with other
children and that have been disseminated with Latino children.
Types of programs reviewed include school wide reform programs,
curriculum specific programs, cooperative learning methods, and
tutorial programs. Criteria for inclusion included evidence of effectiveness,
replicability, and evaluation or application with Latino students. |
Empowerment and Latino
Families
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Family Support America |
| Address |
20 North Wacker Dr, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm |
| Phone |
(312) 338-0900 |
| Fax |
(312) 338-1522 |
| Desription |
The publication is a double issue of
the 1994-95 quarterly report published by the Family Resource Coalition.
It is a collection of articles and program profiles devoted to Latinos,
their families, and their work in communities. It represents some
of the best thinking, experience, knowledge, and wisdom about who
Latinos are, what they believe in, what connects them (in all
of their diversity), and how they struggle to carve a space for
their families (especially their children) in the future in this
nation. |
| Type |
Curriculum |
| Audience |
Families |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| Desription |
A six-week curriculum with activities designed around particular themes each week. Includes activities for families with young children, families with school-age children, and families with teens. All materials are available in English and Spanish, and are designed to be self-led. |
Resources for Hispanic/Latino Families
| Type |
Resource |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Chris Sheriff
Christine M. Sheriff/ParentLink Coalition |
| Address |
212 Whitten Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
|
| Phone |
800-552-8522, (573) 882-7321 |
| Desription |
The guide is designed to help professionals
working with Hispanic//Latino parents to be better prepared to
select culturally sensitive materials, to program more effectively,
and to draw from the richness that exists within the Hispanic /Latino
culture. |
| Type |
Curriculum: $39.95 |
| Audience |
Secondary youth and adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Resource Center of the Americas |
| Address |
3019 Minnehaha Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55406
|
| Phone |
(612)276-0788 |
| Fax |
(612) 276-0898 |
| Web site |
http://www.americas.org |
| Desription |
An interdisciplinary guide to teaching
and learning about contemporary Mexico. It is based on the premise
that in order to understand the nation’s present, we must also
understand its past. This 350-page resource for secondary and adult
learners includes extensive background information, clear lesson
plans, worksheets, maps and dozens of innovative activities. |
Los Niños Bien Educados (Well-educated Children)
| Type |
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| Audience |
|
| Cost |
$150 |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring |
| Address |
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
11331 Ventura Blvd, Suite 103
Studio City, CA 91604
Web site: http://www.ciccparenting.org/ |
| Phone |
818-980-0903 |
| Desription |
This curriculum written in Spanish was developed especially for Spanish-speaking and Spanish-origin parents. It is based on child rearing research with Latino families, recommendations of Latino educators and mental health authorities, and adaptation of parenting skills that have been found to be helpful for parents of all ethnic and social class backgrounds. It is designed for 12 3-hour sessions and covers family functions, developmental stages, role expectations, discipline and guidance, exploring and adapting to the US, and child abuse, ending with a parent graduation. |
Outreach to Culturally Diverse Audiences Through Communications and Networking
| Type |
Workbook and Reference Manual |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
The Cooperative Extension Program, Maryland Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources and The Office of Human Relations Programs, University of Maryland, College Park |
| Desription |
Workbook from a workshop designed to help extension employees (in Maryland) bring cultural diversity to their programs. Includes sections on communication, networking, and envisioning the future with diverse audiences. |
A Philosophical Essay on Cultural Diversity
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/
Author/
Publisher |
Virginia L. Mason/Family Support America |
| Address |
20 North Wacker Dr, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
Web
site: http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm |
| Phone |
(312) 338-0900
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| Fax |
(312) 338-1522
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| Desription |
An essay toward answering the question:
"what would a culturally democratic world look like? The essay
also makes an effort toward defining the term cultural democracy.
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Recommendations for Working in Partnership with Latino Communities: A Guide for Public Agencies and Other Social Service Practitioners
| Type |
Monograph |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/ Author/ Publisher |
Sousa, C., Gregory, P., Campbell, D., Dasher, S. & Snell, D.
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Communication Services |
| Address |
6701 San Pablo Avenue, 2nd Floor
Oakland, California 94608-1239 |
| Publication found on line at |
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8206.pdf |
| Desription |
This publication is intended for staff of agencies, organizations, and others who desire to strengthen their partnerships with Latino communities. It speaks to issues that concern many public agencies and nonprofit, community-based organizations that wish to provide services or develop programs in local communities. A self-assessment guide on organizational readiness to partner with Latino communities is included. |
Research with Latino Populations
| Type |
Book |
| Audience |
Adults |
Contact/ Author/ Publisher |
Gerardo Marin, Barbara VanOss Marin / Sage Publications, Inc |
| Address |
2455 Teller Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320
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| Email |
order@sagepub.com |
| Desription |
The idea for this book was born from
contacts with colleagues and from findings in the scientific literature
that important issues were being addressed by researchers with a
methodology so faulty that it rendered the results uninterpretable
or misleading. The authors hoped that by compiling in one place
the experiences of various researchers in conducting studies with
Latinos, future investigators would be able to address properly
the methodological limitations that have plagued so much of the
early writings on Latinos. Contains the experiences and suggestions
of a large number of authors who have conducted research with Latinos. |
Supporting Latino Families: Lessons from Exemplary Programs
| Type |
Research |
| Audience |
Adults |
Address
Web site |
Harvard Family Research Project Publications Department
3 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
www.gse.harvard.edu |
| Publisher |
Angela Shartrand/Harvard Family Research
Project |
| Phone |
(617) 495-9108 |
| Fax |
(617) 495-8594 |
| Desription |
The report is divided into two volumes and highlights 11 family support programs that are serving one of the fastest growing groups in the US – the Latino population. The programs included in this report differ from each other both in terms of their structures and the types of families and communities served. Overall, these programs serve rural and urban communities, teen parents, and older parents, English and Spanish speakers, families of diverse ethnic backgrounds, and both immigrant and US-born families. They also represent a range of geographic areas in the US and vary in terms of sponsorship, goals, and services offered. The goal is to give readers a sense of both the commonalities and differences that exist among the families served, both within each program and across programs. Another goal is to provide information that will be used to improve programs and strengthen the services provided to culturally diverse communities. |
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