Can Culturally Competent Health Care Close Dispartities Gaps?
Can white doctors provide quality care to communities in which the racial/ethnic demographics are shifting dramatically? One DiversityInc reader addresses this question in her passionate response to our article, "Is There a Black, Latino Doctor in the House?" about Rutgers University's ODASIS program. See what she had to say about cultural competency and diversity in healthcare. Her edited comment can
be found here.
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Keynote (PDF)
"Lessons Learned from the Field: Culturally Relevant Work with Disaster-Related Trauma"
Paula Madrid, Psy.D., Fellow at Harvard Program for Refugee Trauma, Adjunct Faculty at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Presenter (PDF)
The Experience of Retraumatization: Personal Reflections
Tonier Cain, Consumer Advocate and Team Leader for the National Center for Trauma Informed Care
Wilson Auditorium
Workshop A: Building a Culturally Responsive, Trauma Informed System of Care (PDF)
Vilma Ramirez, LCSW, LCADC, Isabel Suarex-Cruz, LCS and Gigi Perez, LPC
Workshop B: Working with Traumatized Children and Families (PDF)
Nicci Spinazzola, Ed.S., LMFT, LPC and Barbara Maurer, M.A.., LPC, CTS
Workshop C: Expressions of Trauma Across Cultures (PDF)
Valerie Bryant, Ph.D. and Alejandra Morales, Psy. D.
Workshop D: Women, Violence and Trauma: The Impact and Effective Strategies to Work Towards Social Inclusion (PDF)
Helga Luest, President & CEO, Witness Justice
Workshop E: Complex Trauma: Integrating Evidence-Based Practices with Fundamentals of Culturally Responsive Care (PDF)
Monica J. Indart, Psy.D., Rachel Reed, M.A. and Prosline Baptiste, M.A.,, Ed.S.
The mission of the Culturally Competent Mental Health Training Center is to
work together with mental health providers in northern New Jersey to assure
culturally and linguistically appropriate access to services for the many diverse
communities and individuals who may need them. Training and technical assistance
meets the needs of mental health agencies in Northern New Jersey.
The Mental Health Cultural Competence Training Center, Northern Region, is a collaboration between the International Institute of New Jersey and the Mental Health Association of New Jersey. This important training initiative is funded by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health Services.
For questions please email info@culturallycompetentmentalhealthnj.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launches new Multi-Language Initiative: Multi-Language Initiative (MLI) adapts publications for clients and the general public whose first language is not English. It addresses the unfulfilled needs for treatment products among members of non–English-speaking groups or those with limited English-language abilities. After MLI products are translated and culturally adapted, they are provided online and can be printed electronically.