Sustainable cultural and linguistic competence and equity in neuropsychology calls for improvement not only in the cultural competence of individual practitioners but also in neuropsychological institutions. This participatory workshop will focus on enhancing the cultural competence of institutions such as hospital and clinic neuropsychology departments and training programs. These strategies will include: 1. Identifying major language/cultural populations in your catchment area. 2. Identifying and connecting with cultural and language institutions and practitioners in these populations. 3. Developing population-specific resources such as interpreters and translators, cultural consultants, reciprocal referral sources, background culture and language profiles, tests, forms, and patient education materials, etc. 4. Identifying population-specific neuropsychological needs (diagnostic, administrative, forensic, public health, educational) and addressing them. 5. Valuing, supporting, and mobilizing language and cultural resources in the institutional workforce. 6. Identifying and mobilizing national and international cultural and linguistic consultation and training resources.
Examples of such institutional programs will be presented. Participants will take first steps in exploring such needs for their own institutions. Participants are encouraged to come in groups representing institutions and to bring laptops to explore such steps.
There will also be discussion of improving institutional cultural and linguistic competence at a national level through our professional organizations, including: 1. Identifying major national language/cultural populations and their distinctive neuropsychological needs. 2. Developing population-specific resources such as cultural consultants, reciprocal referral sources, background culture and language profiles, tests, forms, and patient education materials, etc. 3. Developing more efficient directories, search tools, referral processes, consultation protocols, and teaching networks.
Learning Objectives:
After the session, participants will be able to:
Compile appropriate information for their institution to establish community relationships, resource bases, and procedures for working with the major linguistic/cultural communities of their catchment area.
Plan appropriate use of linguistically and culturally diverse staff and students in developing and maintaining culturally responsive services.
Utilize national and international linguistically and culturally diverse resources and advocate within professional organizations for their further development.
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