Educational and Multicultural Issues in Special Education

Individual differences

1. Describe learning needs, differences, and strategies for individuals with disabilities, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Cultural understanding

2. Explain differences in behavior, communication, and stereotypes between and among cultures.

Respectful learning environments

3. Explain ways to create learning environments that allow individuals to retain and appreciate their own and each other's respective language and cultural heritage.

Intercultural mediation

4. Mediate controversial intercultural issues among students within the learning environment in ways that enhance culture, group, or person.