Stigmatization is part of the everyday lives of children with disabilities, their families and friends. Negative social encounters, even with perfect strangers, can dampen joyful occasions, add stress to challenging situations, and lead to social isolation. In this book, we describe a program of research spanning a decade that seeks to understand disabilities in their developmental and cultural contexts. We are especially interested in understanding adults' socialization practices that promise to reduce stigmatization in the next generation. Guided by developmental cultural psychology, including the concept of "universalism without uniformity", we focus on the understandings and responses to disability and associated stigmatization of elementary-school educators practicing in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the US. Educators from all four cultural groups expressed strikingly similar concerns about the impact of stigmatization on the emerging cultural self, both of children with disabilities and their typically developing peers. Educators also described culturally nuanced socialization goals and practices pertaining to inclusive education. In Japan, for instance, educators emphasized the importance of peer group belonging and strategies to support the participation of children with disabilities. In the U.S., educators placed relatively more emphasis on individual development and discussed strategies for the equitable treatment of children with disabilities. Educators in Taiwan and South Korea emphasized the cultivation of compassion in typically developing children. The understanding gained through examination of how diverse individuals address common challenges using cultural resources available in their everyday lives provides important lessons for strengthening theory, policy and programs"--
Eugene has agreed to go out with Dabin--a girl whom, until recently, he thought of as a younger sister. Needless to say, this doesn't sit well with Shihu, because loathe as he is to admit it, he's grown rather fond of dear Dabin. But has Dabin grown fond of Shihu?"--Page 4 of cover.
A fight between the members of the four guardians of Heaven breaks out as Woo-Hyun battles to win Ah-Hin's heart! As more characters from heaven and hell come to the human world to search for our runaway angel princess, Dong-Young is feeling more pressured. Her mysterious classmate, Bi-Wal, turns out to have a fiance who also came to the human world to find the Angel princess of Heaven. Will Dong-Young finally get caught?
Mi-Hyang - Bi-Wol's fiancee who has a serious crush on him - also comes to the human world determined to get rid of the angel princess. Assuming Ah-Hin is the princess, she tracks her down, only to capture Dong-Young by coincidence. But who knew that Dong-Young was the real princess?! With her secret identity revealed, will Dong-Young be able to escape from this pinch?!
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