Suchergebnisse

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Ackowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- An Overview of Immigration -- Abstract -- Who Is an 'Immigrant'? -- Public Perception of Immigrants -- Benefits and Challenges of Immigration -- Childhood and Immigration: An Overview -- Methods and Objectives -- Chapter 2 -- Historical and Legal Background -- Abstract -- History of Immigration Law -- 20th Century -- 21st Century -- Legal Rights of Immigrant Children -- Settled Status -- Irregular Status -- Chapter 3 -- Child Development -- Abstract -- Areas of Development -- Physical Development -- Cognitive Development -- Social and Emotional Development -- The Child's Environment -- Chapter 4 -- Health of Immigrant Children -- Abstract -- Prenatal Phase -- Childhood -- Illegal Migrants -- Refugees and Unaccompanied Children -- Adolescence -- Chapter 5 -- Issues Faced in the Family -- Abstract -- Attachment -- Environmental Stressors -- Domestic Abuse -- Female Genital Mutilation -- Chapter 6 -- Issues Faced at School -- Abstract -- Racial Discrimination in School -- Unintended Racism -- Personally-Mediated Racism -- Internalized Racism -- Institutional Racism -- The Concept of "White Ignorance" -- Critical Race Theory -- Acts of Racial Discrimination -- Chapter 7 -- Adaptation Process and Acculturation -- Abstract -- Adaptation Process -- Acculturation -- Cultural Identity -- Cultural Dissonance -- Acculturation Gap -- Influence of Acculturation on Parent-Child Relationship -- Influence of Acculturation on Academic Performance -- Chapter 8 -- Recommendations and Possible Challenges -- Abstract -- Microsystem -- Individual Level -- Increase Children's Resilience -- Improve Children's Health Outcomes -- Familial Level -- Support Family Cohesion -- Support the Child within the Family -- Community Level -- School as the Link between Immigrant and Mainstream Culture.