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Cultural Information and Cultural Competence
ALASKA NATIVE KNOWLEDGE NETWORK, Alaska Federation of Natives and the University of Alaska - A resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. Designed to assist Native people, government agencies, educators, and the public in accessing the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN NETWORK - One of four networks within the Standing Committee for Multicultural Affairs of the American College Personnel Association. This Committee is a liaison to ACPA's leadership, focusing attention on issues and trends that affect ethnic students and professionals in the College Student Personnel Field. The web site will take you to the Latino, Native American, and Pan American networks, as well as many links to organizations serving Asian American interests.
http://www.acpa.nche.edu/comms/scma/APAN/resources.html
AskASIA: K-12 RESOURCE OF THE ASIA SOCIETY -- Promotes teaching about world regions, cultures, and languages in every school district in the United States, with a focus on Asia. The web site includes (a) lesson plans and other instructional resources; (b) activities for students; (c) information for school leaders; (d) maps, country profiles, and cultural information; (e) contact information on experts in various disciplines.
http://www.askasia.org/
BLACK HISTORY QUEST - A collection of links to information about history, arts,
culture, and accomplishments of persons of African descent in the United States, as well as Black Studies resources.
http://blackquest.com/link.htm
CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, National Association of School Psychologists - A set of papers that address (a) culture and cultural competence, (b) providing culturally competent services, (c) NASP cultural competence resources, (d) relevant committees and task forces. Also includes a directory of bilingual school psychologists, Powerpoint presentations, and a reference list. Full texts.
http://www.nasponline.org/culturalcompetence/index.html
HAWAIIAN CULTURE ONLINE - Information on the Hawaiian cultural heritage and a directory of links to many related sites.
http://www.hookele.com/visitmaui/
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED BY SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES. (September 29, 2003). American Speech-Hearing-Language Association - An official ASHA statement of competencies necessary to provide appropriate services to individuals who are culturally/linguistically diverse.
http://www.asha.org/NR/rdonlyres/E0E6F1A6-6B44-4148-B579-EE9EFE58190F/0/LC102003supportdoc.pdf
MULTICULTURAL PAVILION - Resources and dialogues for equity in education, including forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education. The web site includes teaching materials, lists, tools, fact sheets, and links to papers and additional sources.
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, University of Colorado, Denver - Provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. NCCRESt targets improvements in culturally responsive practices, early intervention, literacy, and positive behavioral supports.
http://www.nccrest.org/
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM - Advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive of newcomers to the U.S. The web site distributes information on issues and executive summaries of books for sale. Fact sheets of data and cultural information are freely available.
http://immigrationforum.org
TEST YOURSELF FOR HIDDEN BIAS -- Created by psychologists at Yale University and the University of Washington, this collection of Implicit Association Tests (IAT) measures unconscious bias. Tolerance.org invites you to test yourself at the web site.
Each test takes about five minutes, and your privacy is protected -- no identifying information is collected or distributed.
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/index.html
WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: AMERICAN INDIANS - An index of links to sites on American Indian culture, plus links to American Indian nations and tribes.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAculture.html
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