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For additional resources, please visit the following Hot Topics webpages:
Resources
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Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare in the Context of Cultural Competence
A free online learning workshop about the juncture of evidence-based practice and cultural competence in child welfare is now available. The learning workshop consists of six self-study modules useful for workers, supervisors, administrators and students who are interested in improving practice and managing to achieve culturally competent, evidence-based practice. Viewers of the workshop can proceed at their own pace and may take optional quizzes at the end of the modules to test their knowledge. The information presented in the workshop came out of a forum held at the University of Minnesota that included a series of talks, panels, and small group discussions of professionals and community members from around the country.
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Parenting Across Cultures
Parenting Across Cultures is a short article in SGI Quarterly that looks at how mothers and fathers approach similar aspects of childrearing differently around the world. For example, while every parent puts their child to bed, culture usually dictates when and how parents go about this universal parental duty. This article also discusses how parenting practices become so ingrained in one culture that they seem like the obvious solution to those within that society. This is a quick-read that service providers working with parents from different cultural backgrounds may find helpful. (January 2009)
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Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices across Cultural Groups
Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices across Cultural Groups is a research brief by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explores cultural issues around parenting in five different U.S. cultural groups: Asian Americans, Latin Americans, African Americans, American Indians, and non-Hispanic white Americans. The CDC brief recognizes that culture plays a major role in parenting and can even determine how a parent judges and responds to “good” or “bad” behavior. This study also found such variations within one culture, depending upon the country or tribe of origin. All in all, the brief emphasizes that healthy parenting programs and messages are most effective when they are sensitive to cultural norms. (2008)
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Considering the Diversity Factor in Training: A Trainer’s Handbook
The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program is strongly committed to the goal of building cultural competence in the Child Welfare System. The Diversity Task Force, which is part of The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program, undertook this special project in order to provide trainers, curriculum writers, and training managers with resources and tools that are believed to be critical in curriculum development and training presentation and facilitation. The purpose of the handbook is to assist persons in more easily and effectively incorporating issues of human diversity into curriculum development and training presentation. (2001)
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Children's Bureau Express (CBX): Spotlight on Cultural Competence
The October 2009 issue of CBX puts a spotlight on cultural competence. Articles include: Cultural and Linguistic Competency in the Child Welfare System: State Strategies; Evidence-Based Practice in American Indian Communities; The Journey of Cultural Awareness; T&TA Network Resources on Cultural Competence; Resources for Working With Immigrant Youth and Families; Direct Service and Organizational Cultural Competence Strategies; and, Training in Cultural Competency and Domestic Violence.(October 2009)
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Assessing the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children and Families in Out-of-Home Care
This practice guide for service providers by the New South Wales Department of Community Services is meant to increase awareness of issues surrounding immigrant and refugee children, youth and families. The practice guide includes sections on the impact of trauma on refugee families and addressing language barriers. While this guide was designed for workers in Australia, this resource is also useful for American service providers working with these vulnerable populations in the United States.
- Hmong Cultural Guide: Building Capacity to Strengthen the Well-Being of Immigrant Families and Their Children: A Prevention Strategy
This resource, from the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, provides an overview of the culture of the Hmong to assist professionals in strengthening the well-being of Hmong families. It reviews Hmong parenting practices, parent and child nurturing and attachment styles, expectations of child development, parental attitudes in seeking health care for their children, and parental attitudes toward emotional behavior and mental health.
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