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A.
University of Colorado at Boulder: Counseling
and Psychological Services
Multicultural Development Team
(MDT)
Willard Hall 134, Campus Box 103
Boulder, CO 80309-0103
303-492-6766
www.colorado.edu/sacs/counseling/imd.html
Description:
The MDT is a professional, intentionally diverse group of university community members committed to social justice. MDT is a program within the Counseling and Psychological Services. This multicultural center educates and consults with students, staff, faculty, and the community. MDT can assist you in discovering ways to engage positively and effectively with the diversity around you. MDT offers annual seminars in diversity awareness and cultural competence.
Services:
Workshops, consultation, and training range from basic introductory to advanced levels and include the following:
u consultation and coaching with individuals and groups about diversity issues
u alliance and community building among diverse groups
u training for trainers
u assistance in planning and implementing diversity initiatives
u facilitation of team meetings/retreats for building multicultural organizations
Special topics include:
u ageism
u ally building
u anti-semitism
u bi-racial issues
u Classism
u diversity in the workplace
u gender identity
u heterosexism and homophobia
u implementing diversity plans
u institutional and cultural oppression
u racism
u sexism
u stages of multicultural awareness
National Center for Cultural
Competence (NCCC)
3307 M Street, NW, Suite 401
800-788-2066 or 202-687-5387
www.gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc/cultural.html
Description:
The NCCC is a component of the Georgetown University Child Development Center, Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, and is housed within the Department of Pediatrics of the Georgetown University Medical Center. It is funded and operates under the auspices of a five-year Cooperative Agreement within the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The mission of NCCC is to increase the capacity of health care programs to design, implement and evaluate culturally competent service delivery systems.
Services:
Major emphasis is placed on policy development, assistance in conducting cultural competence organizational self-assessments, and strategic approaches to the systematic incorporation of culturally competent values, policy, structures, and practices within organizations. They offer (a) training, technical assistance, and consultation, (b) networking, linkages and information exchanges, and (c) knowledge and product development and dissemination.
C. University
of Texas at Austin
Center for Social Work Research
Diversity Institute
1925 San Jacinto
Austin, TX 78712-1203
512-471-5456
www.utexas.edu/depts/sswork/cswr/home.html
Description:
The Diversity Institute is a collaborative, multidisciplinary project of faculty, staff, students, and community members. The Institute is dedicated to advancing better understanding and more effective working relationships among the unique cultures of our society. The Institute can assist an organization to achieve cultural competence by providing professional consultation and constructive services responsive to the needs of diverse groups.
Services:
The faculty and staff of the Diversity Institute conduct presentations and training for national, statewide, and community organizations. Custom-designed Institute training encompasses issues including working with cultural groups of color such as African-Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans, and non-ethnic groups such as lesbians and gays, women, and people with disabilities. They offer assessments, training, research, policy review, and practice materials.
Examples of training programs:
u Assessing the cultural competence of your organization
u Cross cultural counseling and communication skills
u Cultural competency, oppression, and empowerment
u Values clarification
u Recruiting diverse boards, staff, and volunteers
u Family preservation services to communities of color
u Recruiting minority foster and adoptive families
u Reaching youth of color
u Substance abuse among people of color, lesbians, and gays
u Counseling techniques with Asian American families
u National Coalition Building Institute
A. BUENO
Center for Multicultural Education
University of Colorado at Boulder
School of Education
303-492-5416
www.colorado.edu/education/BUENO/indexfr.html
Description:
The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education is an integral part of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Through a comprehensive range of research, training, and service projects, the Center strongly promotes quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center is deeply committed to facilitating equal education opportunities for cultural and language minority students. The Center also disseminates research findings and related information through various Center publications. Funding for some Center programs are provided through grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Education.
Services:
Each year, the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education hosts a bilingual-multicultural-special education institute in Colorado. The institutes are designed to bring educators, researchers, administrators, and parents from all over the nation together to discuss the state of education and issues that effect children of all walks of life. For almost 25 years, teacher trainers and staff development professionals have been using the Center’s materials to successfully prepare educators for today’s increasingly diverse classrooms.
Special topics:
u Second language acquisition
u Family empowerment
u Assessment of English language learners
u Adapting curriculum and instruction
u Cultural pluralism and exceptionality
u Collaboration and inclusion
u Classroom management
B.
School for International Training
The Accredited College of World
Learning
Kipling Road
PO Box 676
Brattleboro, VT 05302-0676
802-257-7751
Description:
The School for International Training (SIT) offers master’s degrees, study abroad, extension courses, educational system reform initiatives, management development, and peace and conflict resolution training. SIT’s participants develop leadership capabilities and cross-cultural competencies required to advance international understanding, work effectively in multicultural environments, and achieve sustainable development at the community level and on a national or global scale. SIT programs combine theory, practice, peer group reflection, and field-based learning. SIT, the college of World Learning is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., and is certified by the Vermont State Department of Education as a center for international education and language study.
Services:
SIT offers master’s degrees in Teaching, International Education, Sustainable Development, Intercultural Relations, International and Intercultural Service, Organizational Management, and NGO Leadership and Management.
SIT’s Study Abroad and International Exchange is one of the world’s most comprehensive and diverse programs for college and university students. Their continuing education programs allow working professionals to earn graduate credits, continuing education units, certificates, or diplomas online or on the SIT campus in Battleboro, VT.
SIT’s education and training initiatives include workshops, graduate degree programs, professional development, extension courses, client-centered training solutions, and language immersion courses. SIT engages in institutional partnerships with K-12 schools, universities, and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world.
C.
Center for Multilingual/Multicultural
Research
University of Southern California
Rossier School of Education
Waite Phillips Hall, Suite 402
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0031
213-740-2360
www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/cmmrhomepage.html
Description:
The Center is an organized research unit at the University of Southern California, facilitating the research collaboration, dissemination, and professional development activities of faculty, students, and others across School of Education, university, and outside organizational lines. The Center was developed in 1983 as a result of deliberations of the Dean’s Task Force for Bilingual Crosscultural Education.
Services:
The Center provides a base for those interested in multilingual education, English-as-a second language, and foreign language instruction, multicultural education related areas; and the opportunity to come together for research and program collaboration. The principle activities the Center strives for include: research, publications, training, and public service.
Currently the Center mediates School of Education participation in numerous programs, grants, and initiatives including: The USC Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project, The Ford Foundation Minority Teacher Education Program, U.S. Department of Education Office of Post Secondary Education Minority Teacher Recruitment Program, Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence, USC/Bank of America Beginning Support and Assessment Induction Program for
K-3 Teachers of Language Minority Students, The U.S. Department of Education Title VII Fellowship Programs, ARCO Foundation/LAAMP Language Acquisition Program, USC-ARCO Lecture Series on Education, Society, and Language, The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, The University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, and The Doris Westcott- “Helen of Troy” Scholarship.
Special topics:
u Language and literacy acquisition
u Bilingualism and biliteracy
u Language proficiency testing
u Integrating language and content instruction in the classroom
u Non-mainstream dialects of English
u Teaching, learning, and schooling in social context
u Teacher education
u Language and literacy in the workplace
u Minority teacher recruitment and retention
u Language policy and planning
u Literacy acquisition through global learning
D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Research on Education,
Diversity, and Excellence
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831-459-3500
Description:
CREDE’s mission is to assist the nation’s diverse students at risk of educational failure to achieve academic excellence. CREDE’s research and development focuses on critical issues in the education of linguistic and cultural minority students and those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.
In order to implement its mission, CREDE will design, develop, and disseminate a comprehensive curricular and instructional framework that is strong, flexible, and inclusive of diversity among all individuals and communities. It will discover and disseminate fundamental knowledge about effective programs and practices that affect students placed at risk through linguistic, racial, economic, and geographical diversity. This knowledge will be disseminated through instruction, training and development, partnerships, and policy reform. Furthermore, CREDE will offer an outstanding program of collaboration with other U.S. Department of Education initiatives, other federal and state agencies, and private, foundation-funded programs.
Services:
First, CREDE provides consultation and technical assistance. They offer immediate access to over 100 major researchers, national and state technical assistance centers, and regional educational laboratories. Second, CREDE offers professional development training and support designed for teachers, leaders, specialists, and policy makers. Third, CREDE assesses essential teaching competencies and assesses schools’ levels of performance on standards for instruction of at-risk students.
Special programs:
u Language learning & academic achievement
u Professional development
u Family, peers, school, & community
u Instruction in context
u Integrated reform and system studies
u Assessment
E.
National Association for Multicultural
Education (NAME)
733 15th Street, NW,
Suite 430
Washington, DC 20005
202-628-6263
Description:
The founders of NAME envisioned an organization that would bring together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines, and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. Today, NAME is an active, growing organization with members throughout the United States and several other countries. Educators from preschool through higher education and representatives from businesses and communities comprise NAME’s membership. Members in 25 states have formed chapters and more chapters are in the process of forming.
Services:
NAME holds annual conferences where leading researchers, teachers, trainers come together to discuss the critical aspects of multicultural education. Furthermore, NAME offers resources to public and private organizations, as well as a newsletter and journal.
A. Division 17-- Counseling Psychology
Description:
Division 17 was founded in 1946 to promote personal, educational, vocational, and group adjustment in a variety of settings. Presently, Division 17 brings together psychologists, students, and professional affiliates who are dedicated to promoting education and training, scientific investigation, practice, and diversity and public interest in professional psychology.
Division 17 strives to meet the particular interests and needs of its members. This is accomplished through the formation of sections which are formal organizations designed to promote issues in interest areas, and special interest groups which are informal groups representing a variety of interest areas. Examples of these special interests groups include: Counseling Health Psychology, Independent Practice, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Awareness, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Advancement of women, and Prevention. Six issues of the journal The Counseling Psychologist and three issues of the Division 17 Newsletter are sent to members each year.
For additional information contact:
Division 17 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
B. Division
27-- The Society for Community Research and Action:
Division of Community Psychology
Description:
Division 27 encourages the development of theory, research, and practice relevant to
the reciprocal relationships between individuals and the social system which
constitute the community context. The Division supports 23 regional groups
promoting communication among community psychologists in six U.S. regions,
Canada, Western Europe, and the South Pacific. The Division hosts a three day
biennial conference and has formed interest groups in the areas of international
community psychology, rural psychology, aging, applied settings, and children and
youth.. Members receive the bimonthly American Journal of Community Psychology
and The Community Psychologist, published five times per year.
For additional information contact:
SCRA Central Office
1800 Canyon Park Circle
Building 4, Suite 403
Edmond, OK 73013
(405) 341-4960
C. Division 35-- The Society for the Psychology of Women
Description:
Division 35 provides an organizational base for all feminists, women and men of all national origins, who are interested in teaching, research, or practice in the psychology of women. The division recognizes a diversity of women’s experiences which result from a variety of factors, including ethnicity, culture, language, socioeconomic status, age, and sexual orientation. The Division promotes feminists research, theories, education, and practice toward understanding and improving the lives of girls and women in all their diversities; encourages scholarship on the social construction of gender relations across multicultural contexts; applies its scholarship to transforming the knowledge base of psychology; advocates action toward public policies that advance equality and social justice; and seeks to empower women in community, national, and global leadership. Members are provided two publications: Psychology of Women Quarterly and the Psychology of Women Newsletter.
For additional information contact:
Division 35 Central Office
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6197
D. Division
36-- Psychology of Religion
Description:
Division 36 promotes the application of psychological research methods and interpretive frameworks to diverse forms of religion and spirituality; encourages the incorporation of the results of such work into clinical and other applied settings; and fosters constructive dialogue between religious perspectives and institutions on the other. The Division is strictly nonsectarian and welcomes the participation of all persons who view religion as a significant factor in human functioning. The Division’s quarterly Psychology of Religion newsletter contains original articles, book reviews, announcements, and news of interest to division members.
For additional information contact:
Loyola College
7135 Minstrel Way
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 617-7625
E.
Division 43—Family Psychology
Description:
Division 43 provides a home for psychologists interested in families in their many forms. Clinical, scientific, educational, and public policy perspectives are well represented in a wide range of divisional activities. The Division works with the practice directorate to ensure inclusion of psychologists in health care reimbursement plans. Division 43 strives to educate the professional community regarding the many advantages of a broader conceptual focus. Division 43 sponsors an annual midwinter convention. The Division’s quarterly newsletter is The Family Psychologist and the journal is the Journal of Family Psychology.
For additional information contact:
Division 43 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
F.
Division 44—The Society for the
Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and
Bisexual Issues
Description:
Division 44 focuses on the diversity of human sexual orientations by supporting research, promoting relevant education and affecting professional and public policy. The Division has task forces on accreditation, bisexuality, professional standards, public policy, youth, families, ethnic/racial issues, and science. The Division publishes its SPSLGI Newsletter three times a year.
For additional information contact:
Division 44 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
G.
Division 45—The Society for the
Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
Description:
Division 45 encourages research on ethnic minority issues and the application or psychological knowledge to ethnic minority issues. The Division promotes public welfare through research and encourages professional relationships among psychologists who share these concerns and interests. Membership includes a subscription to the peer-reviewed quarterly journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and the Division newsletter, Focus, which is published two to three times a year.
For additional information contact:
Division 45 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
H.
Division 51—The Society for the
Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
Description:
Division 51 advances knowledge in the new psychology of men through research, education, training, public policy, and improved clinical services for men. Division 51 provides a forum for members to discuss the critical issues facing men of all races, classes, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and nationalities.
For additional information contact:
Division 51 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
I. Division 52—International Psychology
www.tamu-commerce.edu/orgs/div52
Description:
Division 52 encourages its members’ participation in intercultural research, discussions of effective assessment and treatment models in working with particular cultures, and a better understanding of the sort of psychological problems which predominate in a given region of the world. The Division encourages participation in international conferences and supports efforts to facilitate international visits, workshops, and lectures. The International Psychology Reporter is the Division’s newsletter which is sent to all members and affiliates three times per year.
For additional information contact:
Division 52 Administrative Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6013
A. Child
Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001-2085
(202) 638-2952
Description:
The CWLA is the oldest and largest national nonprofit organization developing and promoting policies and programs to protect America’s children and strengthen America’s families. CWLA’s 1,000 plus public and private nonprofit member agencies serve three million abused and neglected children and their families each year.
Services:
The CWLA has developed a consultation package that can move your organization from the awareness raising level to skill building and action plan development and onto review and revision policy, program, and practice.
Based on the belief that cultural competence is a tool that assists child welfare professionals in helping children and families reach their full potential, CWLA has developed products which can address the unique concerns of your organization.
Below is a list of their projects:
u Awareness Raising Communication Session
u Management Team Communication Session
u Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Instrument
u Ongoing Support and Assistance
B.
The National Center for Cultural Healing
2331 Archdale Road
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 264-1994
Description:
The NCCH works together with groups and organizations to explore their own set of unique organizational needs and to develop and strengthen the kinds of knowledge, awareness, and skills required to meet those needs and realize results.
NCCH staff have an extensive background in consulting, delivering training, and providing technical assistance. NCCH has experience with many diverse audiences in local communities, state or multi-state, national, or multi-national settings and from many economic, occupational, and cultural groups.
Services:
u Provide diversity awareness training sessions
u Support activities and function that promote and celebrate diversity awareness
u audit written materials and policies, the workplace environment and growth
opportunities
u Create diversity committees, teams, councils, or resource centers
u develop and implement strategic plans to shape and benefit organizational
culture over time
u Develop “in-house” expertise to build and manage change as issues continue to
emerge
C.
Global Intercultural Services
New York, NY
Description:
With over 11 years of experience, GIS is a consulting and training firm specializing in enhancing human communication and cross-cultural competence. Their customized training bridges cultural gaps for business travelers and transferees, ensuring effective and professionally productive cross border interactions. They are successful in bringing intercultural communication and global business training seminars to transnational clients.
Services:
u Global business management
u International business protocol seminars
u Relocation cross-cultural and repatriation training and consulting
u Distance communication across cultures
u Global diversity and teamwork presentations
u Hosting international business visitors orientations
u Multi-cultural team building consulting
D. Health Resources and Services Administration
Description:
The HRSA directs national health programs that improve the nation’s health by assuring equitable access to comprehensive, quality health care for all. HRSA works to improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, provide primary health care to medically underserved people, serve women and children through state programs, and train a health workforce that diverse and motivated to work in underserved communities.
Projects and initiatives:
u Hispanic Agenda for Action Initiative
u White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
u Association of Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools
u National Hispanic Religious Partnership for Community Health Project
u White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
u White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities
u White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
u HRSA’s Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Initiative
u Minority Health Knowledge Management Initiative
u Cultural Competence Initiative
u Minority Management Development Program
u Minority Training Programs Tracking System
E.
National MultiCultural Institute
3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Suite 438
Washington, DC 20008-2556
(202) 483-0700
Description:
The NMCI was founded in 1983 in response to our nation’s growing need for new
services, knowledge, and skills in diversity. Since then, they have had over 16,000
participants attend their conferences and workshops. They are one of the most
experienced organizations in the field of diversity training.
NMCI’s mission is to increase communication, understanding, and respect among people of different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, and to provide a forum for discussion of the critical issues of multiculturalism facing our society.
Programs and services:
u National conferences
u Diversity training
u Consultation services
u Educational resource materials
uCounseling and referral service
F.
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Center
PO Box 980205
Richmond, VA 23298-0205
(804) 828-9910
www.mid-attc.org/aboutmid.html
Description:
The Mid-ATTC unites addiction treatment practitioners, state and local human service agencies, criminal justice agencies, and higher education institutions across the region. The Mid-ATTC is one of fourteen regional centers created by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to bring people and ideas together across the nation.
Services:
The Mid-ATTC bridges the gap between researchers and practitioners in state agencies, universities, and community treatment programs by transferring current research to treatment application through:
u Systems development and linkages
u Higher education
u Professional development
u Faculty development
u Cultural competence
u Outreach
G.
Southeastern Massachusetts Area Health
Education Center
PO Box 69
Marion, MA 02738
(508) 748-0837
Description:
The SMAHEC promotes the education and activities of health professionals and students. They offer workshops and conferences on cultural competence. Their programs utilize the arts, dance, storytelling, music, and entertainment to enhance adult learning. The objectives of SMAHEC’s programs are: to raise consciousness of one’s own prejudices; to offer cross-cultural training programs; to identify resources; to provide networking opportunities; to discover strategies to support diversity in our world.
Recent topics:
u Multicultural aspects of healing
u Developing a multicultural organization
u Understanding and appreciating diversity
u Conflict management
H.
Pact Training
763 Winter Hollow Road
PO Box 106
New Kingston, NY 12459-0106
(845) 586-3992
www.pact-training.com/default.htm
Description:
Pact Training offers a Cultural Competence and Workplace Diversity program. The goals of this program are to increase awareness of cultural differences and their impact on health care delivery and to enhance skills in managing all aspects of diversity within the workplace and community. The program objectives are to help participants identify specific behaviors, habits, and perspectives of different cultures, ages, religions, etc.; to provide participants with examples of assumptions, stereotypes, and biases that may influence human interactions; to help participants examine diversity-related opportunities and challenges regarding workplace relations; and to help participants examine diversity-related opportunities and challenges regarding community health care provision.
Topics:
u Implications of cultural competence to health care
u The role of medical and health professionals in promoting culturally competent
organizations
u The historical perspective of the emergence of cultural competence as a health care
imperative
u Linguistic competence as an aspect of cultural competence
u Phases of cultural competence
u The definition of workplace diversity
u The distinctions among diversity, affirmative action and equal employment
opportunity laws
u The relationship between workplace diversity and cultural competence
u The role of leaders in workplace diversity
I.
The Office of Minority and Women’s Health
4350 East West Highway, Third
Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 594-4490
www.
Description:
The OMWH is a staff-run office of the Bureau of Primar