Websites
- CCAT's Featured Website
- System of Care Community Cultural and Linguistic Competence Contacts
- Cultural Competence Websites and Organizations
- Featured Presentations and Publications:
CCAT's Featured Website
Diversity Rx serves as a clearinghouse of information, resources, and technical assistance on how to design and implement linguistically and culturally appropriate health care programs and policies to meet the needs of minorities and diverse populations. The Diversity Rx website is organized into five sections covering: essential basic facts; information on models and practices dealing with interpreters and interpretation services, language education programs, cultural competency curricula, etc.; law and policy text and analysis; explanations of common legal issues; and a networking area offering resources, research, and news.
System of Care Community Cultural and Linguistic Competence Contacts
To access a list of each community's cultural and linguistic competence coordinator, click here.
Cultural Competence Websites and Organizations
CLAS Early Childhood Institutes
http://www.clas.uiuc.edu/Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice: Cultural Competence Webpage
http://cecp.air.org/cultural/http://ctb.ku.edu/en/
Crosswalks Toolbox for Diversity in Early Education
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/%7Escpp/crosswalks/toolbox/index.cfmDisparities and Cultural Issues in Access to Care
http://culturalaccesstocare.fmhi.net/blog/index.phpDiversity RX
http://www.diversityrx.org/HTML/WEARE.htmEliminating Mental Health Disparities
http://www.emhd.us/index-ee.php/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Cultural Competence Website
http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/Hogg Foundation for Mental Health: Cultural Adaptation and Cultural Competence Website
http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/Pages/CAI_tools.htmlMulticultural Development Center
http://www.mcdc.orgNational Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations
http://www.nambha.org/National Center for Cultural Competence
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Violence Prevention’s Cultural Competence Webpage
http://www.promoteprevent.org/resources/resource_pages/program_functions/cultural_competence.htmNational Indian Child Welfare Association
http://www.nicwa.org/National Multicultural Institute
http://www.nmci.org/The Office of Minority Health’s Cultural Competence Website
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3
Featured Presentations and Publications
TA Partnership-sponsored Presentations and Webinars
This workshop discusses the relevance and impact of ethnic identity development in the lives of African-American youth. Practical tools, examples from both the field and the lives of young people are provided to highlight the roles, rituals and activities that can help parents and service providers to understand and support positive ethnic identity development in African-American youth.
National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health Care
The National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health has just been launched by SAMHSA and is supporting the advancement of practice-based evidence. This workshop provides information on measuring practice effectiveness in communities of color and interventions that assist in discovering the “platinum standard” for measuring effectiveness in ethnic/racial communities.
Beyond Rhetoric: Implementing Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Systems of Care
This start-up webinar integrates the collaborative voices of youth and experts from the field to explore the meanings and definitions of cultural and linguistic competence within systems of care. Key values, principles and considerations are explained, and practical step-by-step strategies are provided for implementing CLC practice in six critical domains of organizational functioning.
The Matilda Garcia Invited lecture was given by Ken Martinez, Psy.D. and Luis Vargas, Ph.D. at the 2007 Research and Training Conference at the University of South Florida. It covers the major policy issues facing Latinos in behavioral health: immigration, health insurance coverage, behavioral health disparities, linguistic competence and disproportionality in juvenile justice. It also addresses conceptual and methodological issues related to evidence based treatments and Latinos.
This workshop operationalizes the standards outlined in three pioneering works on the standards for cultural competence in comprehensive service delivery systems: 1) Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards in Health Care (CLAS); 2) Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health Care Services (CMHS); and 3) Indicators of Cultural Competence in Health Care Delivery Organizations (Lewin Group). Specific attention is given to how these standards can be applied in systems of care to improve cultural and linguistic competence, with a particular focus on workforce development issues.
Practical Strategies for Advancing Cultural Competence in Systems of Care
Cultural and Linguistic Competence-related Presentations from National and Regional Meetings of Systems of Care
A Faith-Based Approach to Healing Intergenerational Trauma in the African American Community
Presenters: James Matthews, Butte County Department of Behavioral Health; Waana Thomas, Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California;Vauncille Welch, Connecting Circles of Care; Tim Harrison, Macedonia Baptist Church/Oroville Union High School DistrictThis presentation discusses how Connecting Circles of Care has incorporated a faith-based approach to healing intergenerational trauma in African-American children, youth and families along with an africentric recovery model which incorporates rites of passage.
Resources for the Practitioner’s Journey at the Intersection of Cultural and Linguistic Competence and Trauma-Informed Practice
Presenters: Susan Ko, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress; Vivian Jackson, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development; Al Killen-Harvey, Chadwick Center for Children and Families; Teri Toothman, Mountain State Parents Children and Adolescent NetworkThis workshop provides an overview of the important intersection of culture and trauma and the journey towards cultural and linguistic competence. Information from three current initiatives: Culture and Trauma Speaker Series, Culture and Trauma Briefs Series, and Trauma-Informed Interventions: Clinical and Research Evidence and Culture-Specific Information project, are presented.
Two-Spirit Wellness: Health and Healing for Native American Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay/Transgender Individuals and the Reclamation of Traditions
Presenters: Miriam Bearse, National Indian Child Welfare Association; Ruth Villasenor, Native American Health CenterThis workshop describes two-spirit (Native American lesbian/ gay/bisexual/transgender/intersex /questioning) identity, two-spirit life and the health and wellness needs of two-spirit individuals. The trauma experiences and recovery for two-spirit people is discussed, as well as the techniques of healing that focus on reclaiming and reintegration of traditional roles and practices. Participants are given both information and tools to assist two-spirit individuals in their journey.
Trauma and Culture: Focusing on the Refugee and Immigrant Populations
Presenters: Luc Nya, Thrive Initiative: Tri-County Mental Health Services; Sheikh Ahmed, Somali Bantu Mutual Assistance Association of Lewiston; Ahmed Hassan, Somali Development InstituteThis workshop describes state and local efforts to address trauma in diverse populations. The approach includes a needs assessment and specific interventions that meet the linguistic and cultural needs of the "new Mainers" who are refugees and immigrants from the African countries of Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Ghana, as well as countries in the Caribbean and Central America.
Collaboration in a Time of Crisis Is Enhanced by Cultural Differences
Presenters: Silvia McShan, Children's Services Council of Broward County; Ute Gazioch, Henderson Community Mental Health Center; Christine Fitzpatrick, Mental Health Association of Broward County; Sue Zimmer, Children's Services Administration of Broward County; Tamara Moore, Smith Community Mental Health Center Maygin Casas, Teen Advocacy Coalition of Broward CountyIt's been three years since Hurricane Wilma's devastation in South Florida. The system of care (One Community Partnership) and the entire behavioral health system learned valuable lessons that will ensure readiness and preparedness for the next natural disaster. This workshop describes the collaborative efforts of the National Evaluation Team, Broward County Children's Services Council, and other key stakeholders. Intervention approaches include the development of centralized care management support for "first responders" and culturally- competent clinical interventions.
Touchstones of Hope for Native American Youth "Walking in Two Worlds": Confusion, Conflict, Cultural Crisis, and Resilience
Presenters: Vickie Navarro Oana, National Indian Child Welfare Association; Charles Yaska and Alf Walle, System of Care Ch'eghutsen''— Children Are Precious; Carrie Johnson, United American Indian Involvement, California Rural Health Board"Walking in Two Worlds" is a term used to describe the experience of multicultural people simultaneously living in an indigenous world, and adapting to a larger and non-native world. Indigenous youth are uniquely challenged as they attempt to balance living in both worlds. The resulting cultural stress and confusion can often contribute to an identity crisis. This workshop identifys interventions that enhance resilience, are culturally- responsive and effectively address the special needs of Native American/Alaskan Native youth in rural and urban environments.
Other Featured Presentations and Publications
Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Care Mental Health Services for Four Underserved/Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups
(November, 1998)
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationCultural Competency: An E-Forum from The Commonwealth Fund Roundtable
Barriers to Mental Health Treatment for People of Color
Power Point Presentation by Majosé Carrasco, Director of the Multicultural Action Center, The Nations Voice of Mental Illness (NAMI)A Cultural Competence Toolkit: Ten Grant Sites Share Lessons Learned
Culturally Competent Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health
Power Point presentation by Andres J. Pumariega, M.D. Professor and Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry East Tennessee State UniversityCultural Competency: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Service Providers
By Delia Saldaña, Ph.D., Hogg Foundation for Mental HealthDeveloping Mental Health in Disaster Mental Health Programs
DHHS/SAMHSA Center for Mental Health ServicesReview of Child and Adolescent Refugee Mental Health
White Paper from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Refugee Trauma Task ForceThrough the Lens of Culture: Building Capacity for Social Change and Sustainable
Communities
National Community Development Institute