The Intersection of Culture, Diversity, Cultural Competence and Trauma

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The Intersection of Culture, Diversity, Cultural
Competence and Trauma

• Susan Ko, PhD
• Director, Service Systems
• National Center for Child Traumatic Stress

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A Broad View of Culture

• Race, Ethnicity
• Class
• Gender
• Sexual Orientation
• Disability
• Spirituality
• Geography

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The Impact of Culture and Trauma
TRAUMA Medical Trauma Disasters
Terrorism Maltreatment Neglect Community
School Violence Domestic Violence Physical
Sexual Abuse Refugee Trauma Traumatic Grief
CULTURE Artifacts Roles Social
Structures Institutions Values Attitudes Belief
Systems Epistemology
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NCTSN Culture Consortium

• Groups within the Culture Consortium
• American Indian group
• Refugee group
• Race and Urban Poverty group
• Spirituality group
• Organizational assessment group
• Culture Listserv

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Initiatives and Projects

• Annotated resource list of NCTSN website
• Culture and Trauma Briefs Series
• Culture and Trauma Speaker Series
• NCTSN Trauma-Informed Interventions Clinical and
  Research Evidence Culture-Specific Information
  Project

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Culture and Trauma Briefs Series

• Promoting Culturally Competent Trauma-Informed
  Practices
• Trauma Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
  and /or Questioning Youth
• Translation of English Materials to Spanish
• NCTSN Resources on Culture and Trauma
• Trauma Among Homeless Youth
• Organizational Self-Assessment for Cultural and
  Linguistic Competence
• Preliminary Adaptations for Working with
  Traumatized Latino/Hispanic Children and Their
  Families

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NCTSN Trauma-Informed Interventions Clinical and
Research Evidence Culture-Specific Information

• Collect information on interventions that are
  being used for a broad array of diverse cultural
  groups,
• Encourage practitioners and intervention
  developers to summarize practice-based and
  anecdotal evidence in written form
• Create a formal comprehensive report, which
  includes clinical/research evidence and
  culture-specific information on each intervention
  
• Develop a web-based database to facilitate the
  identification and use of treatments for diverse
  communities

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Key Program Staff

• Susan Ko, PhD
• Director, Service Systems
• 310.235.2633 x234
• sko_at_mednet.ucla.edu
• Cally Sprague, MA
• Program Coordinator
• csprague_at_mednet.ucla.edu