Can Special Education Teachers Create Parent Partnership with Mexican American Families? ¡Si Se Pueda! From: Multicultural Education | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Chinn, Kathleen; Lopez, Eric J; Menchaca-Lopez, Eva; Salas, Loretta | Copyright Caddo Gap Press Winter 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Creating partnership between special educators and parents who are Mexican American often poses unique challenges for all involved. Historically, the fact that these parents may not share mainstream values, traditions, and customs has often been perceived by special education teachers as part of the problem and not as valuable new sources of information. This view has also been associated to other families who come from low socio-economic backgrounds, limited English profi...

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