Special Resource Material Developed by the Center
Title: Understanding Diversity to Better Address Barriers to Learning (Information Resource)
Description: Those who work in schools are a diverse group. So are the students and families who attend. Examples of diversity concerns identified in
research include: age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, migration and refugee status and experiences, religion, spirituality, sexualorientation, disability, language, socioeconomic status, education, group identity, position in the social hierarchy, communication modality, level of acculturation/assimilation, developmental stages, stages of ethnic development, level of acculturation/assimilation, individual preferences, popular
culture, family and lifestyle, workplace culture, and more.Access at: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/diversity.pdf
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