Ensuring Cultural Competence in Behavioral Health

Introduction (5 mins)

1. Course overview and objectives (5 mins)

Section 1: Why is it Important? (15 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. What is culture? (2 mins)
3. What is cultural competency? (2 mins)
4. Agency, Target Status, and Intersecting Identities (5 mins)
5. Why is cultural competency important in behavioral health? (3 mins)
6. Summary (1 min)

Section 2: Understanding Diversity in the United States (10 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. How diverse is the United States? (4 mins)
3. Why is this diversity important? (3 mins)
4. Summary (1 min)

Section 3: Disparities in Mental and Behavioral Healthcare (10 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. What are the disparities in behavioral health? (2 mins)
3. Cultural barriers to accessing behavioral healthcare (2 mins)
4. Ways to eliminate the barriers to accessing treatment (2 mins)
5. Summary (2 mins)

Section 4: Core Elements of Cultural Competence (20 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. The core assumptions of cultural competence (3 mins)
3. The core elements of cultural competence (10 mins):
   1. Cultural awareness (3 mins)
   2. Cultural knowledge (3 mins)
   3. Culturally appropriate clinical skills (4 mins)
4. Supervision for cultural competence (3 mins)
5. Summary (2 mins)

Section 5: Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Treatment Planning (20 mins)

1. Introduction (1 mins)
2. Step one: Engage clients (2 mins)
3. Step two: Familiarize clients with the treatment process (2 mins)
4. Step three: Endorse collaboration in an interview, assessment, and treatment (2 mins)
5. Step four: Integrating cultural norms and relevant information (2 mins)
6. Step five: Gather culturally relevant information from collateral contacts (2 mins)
7. Step six: Selecting appropriate screening tools (2 mins)
8. Step seven: Determine readiness for change (2 mins)
9. Step eight: Provide case management that is culturally responsive and appropriate (2 mins)
10. Step nine: Incorporate cultural factors into treatment planning (2 mins)
11. Summary (1 mins)

Section 6: Organizational Cultural Competence (10 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. Organizational values, governance tasks, planning tasks (2 mins)
3. Evaluation and monitoring tasks, language services (2 mins)
4. Workforce and staff development, organizational infrastructure (2 mins)
5. Summary (2 min)

Section 7: Working With Specific Groups of People (15 mins)

1. Introduction (2 mins)
2. Counseling for Black Americans (3 mins)
3. Counseling for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders (2 mins)
4. Counseling for Latino and Hispanic individuals (2 mins)
5. Counseling for Native Americans (2 mins)
6. Counseling for white Americans (2 mins)
7. Summary (2 mins)

Section 8: Case Studies (10 mins)

1. Kamel (4 mins)
2. Laren (3 mins)
3. Teresa (3 mins)

Conclusion (5 mins)

1. Recap of main points (3 mins)
2. Encouragement to implement cultural competency skills (2 mins)