Information for Providers of Families/Parents who speak Bengali

UNICEF:

Data from countries throughout the world is provided on individual countries and regions of the world on the topics of: Child health, Child Protection, Child Survival, Early Childhood Development, Education and Home Environments, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and newborn health, Nutrition, Sanitation and Water.

https://data.unicef.org/country/

Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education and Home Environments.

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/development-status/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/early-childhood-education/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/home-environment/

NURTURING CARE:

India

EVERY CULTURE:

Cultures within America and World Cultures:

https://www.everyculture.com/

Multicultural America:

https://www.everyculture.com/multi/

https://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/Asian-Indian-Americans.html

World Cultures:

https://www.everyculture.com/wc/

This website provides information by country on the topics of: History, The beginning of Immigration, the Modern Era, Significant Immigration waves, Settlement Patterns (Acculturation/Assimilation), Traditions, Customs & Beliefs, Proverbs, Cuisine, Traditional Costumes, Dances & Songs, Holidays, Health Issues (Language, Family Community Dynamics), Education, Birth, Role of Women, Courtship & Weddings, Funerals (Religion, Employment and Economic Traditions, Politics and Government), Relationship with country of origin (Individual Group Contributions), Academia, Government, Media, Organizations and Associations, Museums and Research Centers.

Information is provided on cultures within America and World Cultures.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION RESEARCH INFORMATION & EXCHANGE (CIRRIE)

REHABILITATION PROVIDER’S GUIDE TO CULTURES OF THE FOREIGN-BORN

Information provided: Introduction, Immigration History, Concept of Disability, Disability and Rehabilitation Systems, Communication between Consumers and Service Providers, Role of Family, Role of Community, Role of Religion, Gender, Holidays, Food Practices, Recommendations to Rehabilitation Service Providers,

India (HTML/PDF)

INFORMATION FROM AUSTRALIA:

QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA HEALTH:

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/health_workers/cultdiver_guide

Information is available on: Places of Transition, Ethnicity, Language, Ancestry, Language & Religion, Communication, Health, Health Beliefs and practices, Social Determinants of Health

Sri Lanka

CULTURAL ATLAS:

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/countries

Information for each culture are: Core Concepts, Greetings, Religion, Family, Naming, Dates of Significance, Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts, Communication, Other Considerations, Business Culture

India, Sri Lanka

STARTTS: SERVICE FOR THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF TORTURE AND TRAUMA SURVIVORS:

http://scoa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Participant-Booklet_STARTTS-Cultural-Competence-Workshop_May2018.pdf

East/South/Southeast Asia: Sri Lanka

MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

https://mccsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Working-Cross-Culturally-A-Guide.pdf

India

INFORMATION FOR PROVIDERS ABOUT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE HOME:

AMERICAN SPEECH/LANGUAGE AND HEARING ASSOCIATION

https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/

The information below is from the ASHA website

ASHA’s policy documents state that SLPs and audiologists must consider the sound systems of all the languages used by a client in order to provide appropriate assessment and treatment services.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL TOPICS IN CSD:

Information below is from the Portland State University website

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages

WEEBLY LANGUAGE MANUALS:

http://languagemanuals.weebly.com/language-manuals-list.html

ETHNOLOGUE:

https://www.ethnologue.com/

OMNIGLOT:

https://omniglot.com/index.htm

Writing Systems: Constructed scripts, Languages (profiles, how to learn languages, language lessons, language names, language families), Multilingual pages (Useful phrases, silly phrases, phrase finder, numbers, time, colours, family words, terms of endearment, idioms, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, stories),

PHRASES IN 50 LANGUAGES:

https://www.50languages.com/

MUSTGO WORLD LANGUAGES:

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/

Status, Dialects, Structure (Sound, system, Syllable structure, Vowels, Consonants, Tones, Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Markers, Word Order), Vocabulary, Writing,