Journal of Global Ethics
Volume 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 47-53
Ecologies of care: addressing the needs of immigrant origin children and youth (Article)
Suárez-Orozco C.*
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UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Abstract
Immigrant origin children and youth are now, and will continue to be, a diverse and demographically important segment of all post-industrial nations’ populations. In order to realize their potential, receiving contexts will need to find effective ways to integrate them into the fabric of their society. Using an ethic of care approach, we must begin by taking a comprehensive perspective on integration, which incorporates both a risk and resilience framework and an ecological perspective. A number of practices have emerged that have promise for positive implications for the schooling performance and educational integration of immigrant students These practices include 1–short-term newcomer programs; 2–specialized services for Students with Interrupted Formal Education; 3–sustained services focused on new language development; 4–services focused on heritage language development; 5–providing explicit college pathway knowledge; 6–summer and after-school academic enrichment programs; 7–facilitating parental involvement (including translation and interpretation services); and 8–advisory groups, after-school academic supports, mentoring and health services, and postsecondary supports. Providing the kinds of ecologies of care outlined here will go a long way toward helping these children and youth thrive and become the kinds of contributing members to their new society that will serve our collective future well. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052064546&doi=10.1080%2f17449626.2018.1496348&partnerID=40&md5=fd6717e878cecd84f83a1dfe45f314d5
DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2018.1496348
ISSN: 17449626
Original Language: English