Books by faculty and alumni appears in CSU | Volume 6 | Winter 2021
Books (calstate.edu) | Volume 6 | Winter 2021 Books by faculty and alumni include college textbooks about teaching special needs students, science and LGBTQ. Other works look at bookishness, Amazon and avian art. Northridge Learning Challenges for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students With Disabilities By Soraya Fallah, research assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning; Bronte Reynolds, professor of educational leadership and policy studies; and Wendy Murawski, executive director and Eisner Endowed Chair of the Center for Teaching and Learning; all at CSUN Published January 2020 This reference publication identifies ways in which CLD families can help schools build educators’ cultural competence. It explores the idea of disabilities as a social model with a focus on strengths rather than a medical model focused on needs and weaknesses.