Cultural Competency Related Policies:
Accessibility Policy # 111.1
Consumer Input Policy # 111.2
Language Interpreters Policy # 202.21
Hearing Impaired Mental Health Access Policy # 202.17
Bilingual Bonus Policy # 602.1
Employee Training: Minimum Standards Policy # 609.5
Mental Health, Culture, Race, and ethnicity in the Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cre/
Diversity Rx promotes languages and cultural competency to improve the quality of health care and provide several resources, including information on strategies for clinical cultural assessment, and information about videos that can be sued as training tools to enhance cross-cultural communication.
http://www.diversityrx.org
The Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services engages in research, training, and dissemination on practices that are sensitive to children from culturally and linguistically diverse families.
http://clas.uiuc.edu/index,html
The National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) provides technical assistance, consultiation, training, and resources on cultural competence, including tools for self-assessment.
http://www.gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc
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