Pubbl/distr/stampa	East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	305.80098
Altri autori (Persone)	ReiterBernd <1968-> SimmonsKimberly Eison
Collana	Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series
Soggetto topico	Black people - Race identity - Latin America Racially mixed people - Race identity - Latin America African Americans - Race identity Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States Social integration - Latin America Social integration - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-62895-163-X 1-60917-324-4 1-61000-000-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Building black diaspora networks and meshworks for knowledge, justice, peace, and human rights / Faye V. Harrison -- Pan-Afro-Latin African Americanism revisited : legacies and lessons for transnational alliances in the new millennium / Darién J. Davis, Tianna S. Paschel, and Judith A. Morrison -- Haitians in the Dominican Republic : race, politics, and neoliberalism / Lauren Derby -- Navigating the racial terrain : blackness and mixedness in the United States and the Dominican Republic / Kimberly Eison Simmons -- Negotiating blackness within the multicultural state in Latin America : creole politics and identity in Nicaragua / Juliet Hooker -- Ethnic identity and political mobilization : the Afro-Colombian case / Leonardo Reales -- The grammar of color identity in Brazil / Seth Racusen -- Afro-Colombian welfare : an application of Amartya Sen's capability approach using multiple indicators multiple causes modeling (MIMIC) / Paula A. Lezama -- Racism in a racialized democracy and support for affirmative action policy in Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil / Gladys Mitchell-Walthour -- Afro-descendant peoples and public policies : the network of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean women / Altagracia Balcácer Molina and Dorotea Wilson -- Decolonizing the imaging of African-derived religions / Amanda D. Concha-Holmes -- Neoliberal dilemmas : diaspora, displacement, and development in Buenos Aires / Judith M. Anderson -- Pluralizing race / Mamyrah A. Dougé-Prosper.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463473303321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	305.80098
Altri autori (Persone)	ReiterBernd <1968-> SimmonsKimberly Eison
Collana	Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series
Soggetto topico	Black people - Race identity - Latin America Multiracial people - Race identity - Latin America African Americans - Race identity Multiracial people - Race identity - United States Social integration - Latin America Social integration - United States
ISBN	1-62895-163-X 1-60917-324-4 1-61000-000-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Building black diaspora networks and meshworks for knowledge, justice, peace, and human rights / Faye V. Harrison -- Pan-Afro-Latin African Americanism revisited : legacies and lessons for transnational alliances in the new millennium / Darién J. Davis, Tianna S. Paschel, and Judith A. Morrison -- Haitians in the Dominican Republic : race, politics, and neoliberalism / Lauren Derby -- Navigating the racial terrain : blackness and mixedness in the United States and the Dominican Republic / Kimberly Eison Simmons -- Negotiating blackness within the multicultural state in Latin America : creole politics and identity in Nicaragua / Juliet Hooker -- Ethnic identity and political mobilization : the Afro-Colombian case / Leonardo Reales -- The grammar of color identity in Brazil / Seth Racusen -- Afro-Colombian welfare : an application of Amartya Sen's capability approach using multiple indicators multiple causes modeling (MIMIC) / Paula A. Lezama -- Racism in a racialized democracy and support for affirmative action policy in Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil / Gladys Mitchell-Walthour -- Afro-descendant peoples and public policies : the network of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean women / Altagracia Balcácer Molina and Dorotea Wilson -- Decolonizing the imaging of African-derived religions / Amanda D. Concha-Holmes -- Neoliberal dilemmas : diaspora, displacement, and development in Buenos Aires / Judith M. Anderson -- Pluralizing race / Mamyrah A. Dougé-Prosper.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910974023003321

Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Arlington, VA], : Division on Career Development and Transition, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xii, 163 p.)
Disciplina	362.4083
Altri autori (Persone)	SitlingtonPatricia L
Soggetto topico	Youth with disabilities - Services for - United States Students with disabilities - Services for - United States People with disabilities - Vocational guidance - United States School-to-work transition - United States Social integration - United States Needs assessment - United States
ISBN	9781544350028 1544350023 9781452297484 1452297487 9781483329611 1483329615
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Overview of transition assessment -- What is transition assessment? -- Transition: a look at where we've been -- Idea 2004 -- Summary of Performance (SOP) requirements -- Other selected legislation impacting transition assessment -- Summary -- References -- Career development as a context for transition assessment -- Defining career development -- Career development phases -- Career pathways and decision making -- Standards for transition assessment -- Need for assessment of career development -- Standards pertaining to career development -- Aligning national transition standards with phases of career development -- Aligning national career development guidelines with career development -- Summary -- References -- Additional resources -- The role of self-determination in the transition assessment process -- Student involvement on the assessment team -- Assessing and developing self-determination skills -- Steps to self-determination -- Summary -- References -- Using outcomes of assessment for IEP planning -- Integrating transition assessment into the IEP -- What is the first step in transition planning using the IEP? -- How are the results of transition assessment infused into the present level of academic achievement and functional performance? -- How are the results of transition assessment used in IEP planning? -- What about interagency linkages? -- References -- Additional resources -- Roles of key players -- Who should participate and what information can they provide? -- Summary -- References -- Additional resources -- Methods of gathering information -- Methods of gathering information about individuals -- Methods of assessing potential environments -- Summary -- References -- Additional resources -- Matching students to environments: making transition assessment a success -- The transition assessment process -- Developing an assessment plan -- Summary -- Appendix A: Sample summary for postsecondary living, learning, and working -- Appendix B: Selected commercially available tests/assessment procedures -- Appendix C: Sample community assessment form -- Appendix D: Sample job analysis form -- Appendix E: Sample vocational training analysis form -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9911008478303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (309 p.)
Disciplina	304.8/73
Soggetto topico	Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Assimilation (Sociology) Social integration - United States Minorities - United States - Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-7391-0636-8 0-7391-5242-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1 New Immigrant Communities and Integration Elżbieta M. Goździak; 2 The Growth and Population Characteristics of Immigrants and Minorities in America's New Settlement States Micah N. Bump, B. Lindsay Lowell, and Silje Pettersen; Part II: Case Studies; 3 New Immigrant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad: Integration Issues and Challenges Raleigh Bailey; 4 Black and White and the Other: International Immigration and Change in Metropolitan Atlanta Art Hansen 5 Latinos, Africans, and Asians in the North Star State: Immigrant Communities in Minnesota Katherine Fennelly6 From Temporary Picking to Permanent Plucking: Hispanic Newcomers, Integration, and Change in the Shenandoah Valley Micah N. Bump; 7 At the Gates of the Kingdom: Latino Immigrants in Utah, 1900 to 2003 Armando Solórzano; 8 Newcomers in Rural America: Hispanic Immigrants in Rogers, Arkansas Andrew I. Schoenholtz; Part III: Best Practices; 9 Promising Practices for Immigrant Integration Eiżbieta M. Goźidiak and Michael 1 Melia; Part IV: Conclusion 10 Challenges for the Future Elżbieta M. Goidźiak and Susan F. MartinIndex; About the Contributors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452343303321

Autore	Lima Ambrizeth Helena <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (206 p.)
Disciplina	305.896/658073
Collana	The new Americans : recent immigration and American society
Soggetto topico	Cape Verdean Americans Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Immigrant youth - United States Social integration - United States Racism - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-59332-507-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ethno-historical frameworks and theoretical lenses -- Broken families, broken hearts : family separation and reunification -- Who showed you such a far away road : linguistic and cultural dynamics within the home, school, and neighborhood contexts -- Race, gender, and ethnicity -- Where past and present intersect : planning the future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462429603321