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Cultural Competence in Child Welfare Staff Training

To provide culturally competent services to children and families from diverse backgrounds, child welfare personnel may require additional training about the role of culture in child welfare practice and about the different cultures they may encounter in their practice.

Child Welfare Training Grant
Bridgewater State College Department of Social Work (2000)
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Discusses a project to increase the racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity of social workers.

Cultural Sensitivity Training for Community Service Providers Working With Hispanic Adoptive Families: A Prototype Curriculum for Development of Cultural Sensitivity Toward Hispanic Families
The Adoption Exchange (2003)
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Training to improve practice with adoptive families within the Hispanic population of New Mexico.

Developing a Knowledge Base to Support Cultural Competence
Cross
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Family Resource Coalition Report, 14(3-4), 1996
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Offers guidelines for developing a knowledge base to support cultural competency within human service practice and identifies types of knowledge that family-centered practice professionals need to acquire to provide culturally competent services.

Educating Students and Practitioners for Culturally Responsive Practice
Webb (2001)
In Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Practitioners
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Exploration of the incorporation of cultural competency into social work education.

Examining Cultural Competency and Recruitment for Children of Color
The Adoption Exchange (2000)
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Training for adoption workers.

Finding Words: Interviewing and Preparing Children for Court (Instructor's Manual)
American Prosecutors Research Institute (2005)
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Training about diversity and interviewing ethnic minority children.

Finding Words: Interviewing and Preparing Children for Court (Training Manual)
American Prosecutors Research Institute (2005)
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Training about diversity and interviewing ethnic minority children.

From We to Me: A Curriculum on Working With Transitioning Youth From the Perspective of Culture
Berdie (2003)
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Training to enable practitioners to understand the cultures that influence a young person transitioning out of foster care into a transitional living situation.

Knowing Who You Are
Casey Family Programs (2006)
Provides perspectives about the importance of race and ethnicity for child welfare practice. Includes video, facilitator's guide, and viewer's guide.

Latino Child Welfare Issues
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Contains links to national and state resources and other information about child welfare issues that affect Latino children and families.

Recognizing and Addressing Economic Hardship
Beverly & Young (2002)
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Training on working with poor families in the child welfare system.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: An Administrative Approach to Diversity
Quinn
Child Welfare, 81(6), 2002
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Discusses a training offered to department heads in a State child welfare agency to improve support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning teens.

Training Program for Child Welfare Supervisors
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Includes information about how culture affects clients, cultural competency, and relevant policies.

Understanding and Negotiating Cultural Differences Concerning Early Developmental Competence: The Six Raisin Solution
Carlson & Harwood
Zero to Three, 20(3), 2000
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Examines concepts presented in a staff development workshop on establishing effective cross-cultural relationships with parents of infants and young children.

 

 

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