Cultural Responsiveness Series

This micro course series explore the ways in which culture plays a critical role in every part of our work and how our own individual cultures can, and do, influence our clinical practice.

The scenarios in this course come from the book Exploring Cultural Responsiveness: Guided Scenarios for Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Professionals.

This course is available for CE credit (ASHA CEUs or professional development hours) as part of the ASHA Learning Pass or for a la carte purchase.

Module 1: Guided Reflection on Cultural Competence

Cultural competence can be defined as the knowledge and skills a provider requires in order to meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of clients, patients, and/or students while providing impactful services. This micro course explores questions like, "What are ways I can obtain information about the cultural traditions, preferences, and experiences of a client, patient, or student?" and "How can I partner with them to gain this essential information?"

This course will teach you how to:

Define cultural competence
Identify the cultural variables present in situations to set the stage for personal reflection

Resources

Powerpoint slides [PDF]

Scenario [PDF] (excerpt from Exploring Cultural Responsiveness: Guided Scenarios for Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Professionals)

Module 2: Guided Reflection on Cultural Humility

Cultural humility involves orienting yourself to the cultural aspects that are most important to your client, patient, or student. It embodies an attitude of partnership that fosters curiosity and respect for the individual's cultural practices and preferences while acknowledging areas where the clinician may lack knowledge. This micro course explores questions like, "How might my personal cultural practices impact my interactions?" and "How can I develop and hone skills to recognize these situations?"

This course will teach you how to:

Define cultural humility
Identify how the cultural influences of all participants impact a situation

Resources

Powerpoint slides [PDF]

Scenario [PDF] (excerpt from Exploring Cultural Responsiveness: Guided Scenarios for Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Professionals)

Module 3: Guided Reflections on Cultural Responsiveness

Cultural responsiveness is an approach that uses both cultural knowledge/competence and cultural humility to honor a client's culture across all aspects of their treatment and learning. Cultural responsiveness is a fluid approach and requires partnership with a client as well as self-reflection. This micro course explores questions related to cultural responsiveness, like, "What does a culturally responsive interaction look and feel like?" and "How might one situation elicit many different reactions or perceptions?"

This course will teach you how to:

Define cultural responsiveness
Identify the feelings and emotions in a situation that impact each person’s perceptions of events

Resources

Powerpoint slides [PDF]

Scenario [PDF] (excerpt from Exploring Cultural Responsiveness: Guided Scenarios for Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Professionals)

Module 4: Guided Reflections on Cultural Competence, Humility, and Responsiveness: Putting It All Together

A culturally responsive professional uses tools and resources to enhance their cultural competence (knowledge), develop their cultural humility to strengthen client relationships, and create interactions that value and honor the individual culture of the client, patient, or student, while working together to reach the individual's goals. This micro course explores questions related to cultural responsiveness, like, "How can I create a practice of self-reflection to enhance my interactions?" and "What are resources I can turn to when I want to develop my competence?"

This course will teach you how to: