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Family And Cultural Issues In At Service Delivery, Howard P. Parette, Tom Nurse
Family And Cultural Issues In At Service Delivery, Howard P. Parette, Tom Nurse
Faculty Publications - College of Education
Effective assistive technology planning and decision making for children and youth with disabilities should include careful consideration of family and cultural factors. Inclusion of the family when considering assistive technology needs of the child is the key to identifying important family and cultural perspectives that can “make or break” the successful integration of assistive technology in the home, school, and community.
Despite the recognition that families should be integral to the AT decision-making process, family and professional partnerships have often been difficult to establish in practice. Cultural and language barriers may compound the difficulty of forging a strong connection between …