Cultural Competence

Training to Go

Objectives

• Discuss and recognize the different aspects and definitions of diversity and culture

• Examine your cultural lens and potential cultural stereotypes you may have

• Utilize strategies and tools to make our program more culturally competent

Diversity

What comes to mind when you think of diversity?

Diversity

What comes to mind when you think of diversity?

• Race• Gender• Age/Generation• Social Class • Sexual Orientation• Culture• Religion• Political

Viewpoints• Geography• Disabilities

What is Culture?

• A definition

• Examples of different cultures in our program

Culture as an Iceberg

Culturally Competent Programs

What does a culturally competent program:

- look like?- feel like?- sound like?

Building Cultural Competence

Next Steps

• How can we continue to become a more culturally competent program?

• How can we continue to examine and question our cultural lenses?