Publisher's Synopsis
This compilation opens with a study that seeks to understand the ways in which various parent involvement behaviors impact Hmong elementary students' academic abilities in reading and math, also investigating whether or not Hmong students' English proficiency moderates these relationships. The subsequent study focuses on the interrelation between family factors, child-rearing conditions, parents' mindset and formation of civic and ethnic identity of teenagers in mono-ethnic and interethnic families of migrants. The authors go on to present the systemic and cultural stressors voiced specifically by Mexican-American youth, providing implications for community-based participatory research, intervention work, and advocacy. Following this, they assess the outcomes of a school intervention program aimed at improving interethnic relations among primary school children in Italy through foreign language learning activities. The academic achievements and educational trajectories of the children of immigrants in Austria are examined. In particular, the experiences of second- and third-generation pupils may provide a clearer indication of the long-term prospects for integration than those of first-generation immigrants. In closing, Immigrant and Migrant Children: Current Issues and Challenges reviews the current literature about the harmful implications of arrest, detention, and deportation on undocumented children's mental health, discussing the underlying factors of the harmful consequences.
