How can families culturally diverse backgrounds be respected and included in out-of-home care?
Both parent and teacher must be sensitive, accepting, and responsive in their interactions with one another, and avoid making assumptions that are not based on clear and honest discussions. Sometimes practices in a program might differ from those found in the home. This is acceptable, as long as parents and teachers understand and respect one another’s point of view. Children are very adaptable and can easily learn to enjoy the different things at home and at school, as long as the experiences are positive. At other times, a family or program may change its own practice to provide consistency for the child between the two settings. This is also fine, but everyone should be sure that a cooperative decision has been made, with understanding of what the change might imply, such as a loss of a cultural attitude valued by a family. When problems do occur and the child has trouble adapting to both the home and school situation, the family and teacher must come up with acceptable solutions in
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