Here you will find resources for providing services and engaging with others in a culturally competent manner. For resources on the macro application of cultural competence please visit the Resources for Organizations page.
Description: This short 30-minute documentary introduces viewers to the basic principles of cultural humility, which include lifelong learning, changing power imbalances and developing institutional accountability. The material is enriched with interview footage of specialists from communities around the world.
Description: This is a very extensive database of resources for practitioners, supervisors, and organizers to learn about cultural competence and assess areas for growth in their practice. The material is tailored towards medical and mental health practitioners.
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Description: An interdisciplinary guide intended to serve as a portal to library and online resources related to diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural competency, and related social justice issues.
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Description: Here you will find a thorough and easy-to-read guide for individual practitioners working in a novel cultural setting. Learning modules include but are not limited to addressing ethnocentrism, adjusting to a different pace of life and practicing cultural humility. This resource is tailored for people working on implementing vision care but lessons are universal in applicability. Footnotes of additional resources are available.
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Description: The New York State University offers nine courses, each under an hour, on ways of engaging, assessing and working with LGBTQ recipients, including parents and those suffering from mental health issues.
Description: A page for teachers providing an introductory overview of cultural competency in classrooms. The page also provides information on related issues in the context of education such as class and income, gender identity, social justice and ESL among others.
Description: This page provides a concise definition for educators on what cultural competence means, how it’s different from cultural humility, and strategies for increasing engagement of culturally diverse students in the classroom.
Description: Minority Nurse is an organization for current and aspiring nurses of color with more than 100,000 enlisted practitioners.
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Description: This organization deploys teams to address issues of minority hatred and exclusion. They handle complaints of discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism and monitor extremists and domestic terrorists. This organization collaborates with schools, law enforcement and youth leadership programs and has response teams available to address minority hatred in institutions. Training curricula and discussion blogs are also available.
Contact information for immediate services: (512) 249-7960
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Description: This guide explains cultural competency in mental health from its philosophical backbone down to specific practices and attitudes mental health professionals should integrate into their practice. The knowledge and advice imparted is useful for any service provider, not just mental health professionals.
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