Arora article

Question 1

borderline kids

Answer 1

kids whose scores on standardized tests are within normal limits, but whose language samples and social interaction skills indicate communication development challenges

Question 2

implicit bias

Answer 2

attitudes or stereotypes that unconsciously affect our understanding, actions and decisions
–> may not align with the beliefs we declare ourselves to hold

Question 3

cultural competence (4 tasks)

Answer 3

• acquiring knowledge about people of other backgrounds
• asking good questions
• reflecting on your own explicit beliefs
• look at your own blind spots

Question 4

effects of implicit bias

Answer 4

• seeing problem behaviors in certain children, when you might not see those behaviors as problematic in other children
• setting wrong/unreasonable goals for a child
• contributing to the exiting inequities

Question 5

reducing implicit bias

Answer 5

1) replace stereotypes
2) counter stereotypic imaging
3) individuate
4) take a different perspective
5) increase opportunities