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| family | Two or more people living in the same household who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption |
| family life cycle | 6 basic stages that many families go through as a normal part of life. Includes the beginning, childbearing, parenting, launching, mid-years, and aging stages |
| empty nest | A void in a couple's life when the home is empty and they are no longer focusing their resources on rearing their children |
| ethnic or cultural diversity | In the US people of different backgrounds, languages, races, ethnicity, religions, and socioeconomic classes live in one society |
| multiculturalism | The idea that cultural identities should not be ignored, but instead should be maintained and valued |
| ethnicity | A person's identity with a particular racial, national, or cultural group and support of that group's customs, beliefs, and language |
| stereotypes | Preconceived generalizations about certain groups of people |
| prejudice | Unfounded negative bias often based on stereotyping |
| social system | The organization of individuals into groups based on characteristic patterned relationships |
| natural environment | All living and nonliving things on Earth not influenced by people |
| human constructed environment | Products produced for consumers to use |
| human behavioral environment | All the societal systems that regulate behavior and relationships between people |
| child custody | Determines who has the legal responsibility for a child |
| joint custody | Legal agreement in which both parents provide care and make decisions for the child |
| child support | Financial responsibility and maintenance of children that is legally binding |
| maternity leave | Paid or unpaid time off from work to care for a new child |
| paternity leave | Paid or unpaid time off from work that fathers may take after the birth or adoption of a child |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | Federal law that allows full-time employed individuals to take job-protected leave without pay for the family transitions that involve close family members such as spouses, children and parents |
| recession mode | When the economy slows or declines |
| recovery mode | When the economy begins to accelerate or look hopeful |
| expansion mode | When the economy accelerates and increases |
| standard of living | A measure of the wealth, comforts, and material goods available to a family |
| special needs | includes physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, emotional and behavioral problems and learning disorders. |
| disability | Cognitive or physical impairment that impedes or limits common activites |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | Federal law that governs how states provide early intervention, special education, and other services to children with disabilities |
| Individualized Education Plan | Educational plan tailored to the specific educational goals of a child with special needs |
| inclusion | Placing students with special educational needs in a general education classroom setting all or most of the time so students will benefit from the whole class experience |
| specific learning disability | Disorder that involves basic psychological processes that impair using or understanding language including the ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or calculate |
| giftedness | Student who are ahead of their peers in at lest one area of intelligence |
| pullout programs | School programs that allow gifted children to leave the regular classroom for certain periods of the day or week for advanced learning in a particular subject area along with social opportunities with peers |
