NEW AMERICAN & REFUGEE FAMILIES
When
Children Have Special Needs
North Dakota Center for Persons with
Disabilities
A University Center for Excellence for Persons with Developmental
Disabilities
Minot State University
500 University Ave W
Minot ND 58707
1-800-233-1737
By Cathy Haarstad, MS
Wendy Thomas, MS
2003
Funded by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services,
Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
Administration for Children and Families,
North Dakota Family Support Project Grant #90DF0049-01
Cathy Haarstad, MS, Project Director
This manual utilized resources shared by staff from the Fargo Public
Schools, Cultural Diversity Resources and the North Dakota Center for
Persons with Disabilities
Copyright 2003. We encourage the use of this publication for
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When Children Have Special Needs, Project Director, Minot State
University, North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, 500
University Ave. W., Minot, ND 58707.
Suggested citation:
Haarstad, C., Thomas, W. (2003).
New American & Refugee
Families When Children Have Special Needs Minot, ND: North Dakota
Center for Persons with Disabilities a University Center for Excellence
for Persons with Developmental Disabilities at Minot State University.
Disclaimer: This manual
was published using funds awarded to
Minot State University by the Administration on Developmental
Disabilities. The contents reflect the expressed opinion of its’
authors and are not necessarily the opinion of the Administration on
Developmental Disabilities, the Federal Government, Cultural Diversity
Resources, Fargo Public Schools, Cass County Social Services, Lutheran
Social Services, the North Dakota Department of Human Services or Minot
State University.
Acknowledgements: Thanks
and much appreciation is extended to the
following individuals who provided input or gave critical feedback in
the development of this manual: Yoke Sim, Gunaratne, Donene
Feist, Maureen Mc-Cloud Rogers, Kathy Hogan, Sue Garness and many
others.
NEW AMERICANS
Table
of Contents
Introduction
...............................................................................
2
Definitions
................................................................................
2
Foreign-born populations
....................................................... 4
Children from new American Families
.................................. 4
Cultural Diversity
......................................................................
5
Cultural Competence
...............................................................
6
Working with new American families
..................................... 6
Feedback from new American families
in ND ...................... 8
North Dakota Statistics
............................................................
9
Countries of Origin
.................................................................... 10
Reasons for coming to the United
States ............................... 10
Language
...................................................................................
10
Role of Immigration in the Population
of North Dakota ......... 12
Profile of the Foreign-born
Population in the US ................... 12
Solutions and Strategies
.......................................................... 12
Web Resources
.........................................................................
14
State Resources
........................................................................
15
Other State Resources
.............................................................. 16
Local Resources
