TRAINING CURRICULUM What does cultural competency mean and why should I care?

1. TRAINING CURRICULUM What does cultural competency mean and why should I care? Sujata Warrier, Ph.D. For Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence / APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

2. 15 minute version TRAINING CURRICULUM Cultural Competency Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence / APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

3. Cultural Identity Exercise • What is your cultural identity? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

4. Definition Of Culture • A critical definition of culture refers to shared experiences or commonalities that have developed and continue to evolve in relation to changing social and political contexts, based on: • race • ethnicity • national origin • sexuality • gender • religion • age • class • disability status • immigration status • education • geographic location (space) • rural, urban • time, or • other axes of identification • within the historical context of oppression Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

5. So, what does this mean? • In what ways does this understanding of culture affect our work? • Who are you? • Who is she? • How do you see her as she sees you? • What is the context of your work and the principles that guide it? • How do all these come together? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

6. 30 minute version TRAINING CURRICULUM Cultural Competency Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence / APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

7. What does cultural competency mean and why should I care? Sujata Warrier, Ph.D. For Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

8. Cultural Identity Exercise • What is your cultural identity? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

9. Definition Of Culture • A critical definition of culture refers to shared experiences or commonalities that have developed and continue to evolve in relation to changing social and political contexts, based on: • race • ethnicity • national origin • sexuality • gender • religion • age • class • disability status • immigration status • education • geographic location (space) • rural, urban • time, or • other axes of identification • within the historical context of oppression Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

10. Why Should We Consider Culture? • Culture shapes an individual’s experience of domestic violence. • Culture shapes the batterer’s response to intervention and acceptance of responsibility. • Culture shapes access to other services that might be crucial for the victim. • The culture of the system and the victim will impact outcome. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

11. So, what does this mean? • In what ways does this understanding of culture affect our work? • Who are you? • Who is she? • How do you see her as she sees you • What is the context of your work and the principles that guide it? • How do all these come together? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

12. Working Assumptions CULTURALLY COMPETENT ASSUMPTIONS: • All cultures are contradictory - values can be both oppressive and nurturing at the same time. • Each victim is not only a member of her/his community, but a unique individual with their own responses. The complexity of a person’s response is shaped by multiple factors. • Each individual comes into any encounter with cultural experiences and perspectives that might differ from those present in the system. • All institutions have to develop specific policies and procedures to systematically build cultural competence. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

13. 45 minute version TRAINING CURRICULUM Cultural Competency Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence / APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

14. What does cultural competency mean and why should I care? Sujata Warrier, Ph.D. For Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

15. Goals Of This Session • To define the terms culture and cultural competence and respect the dynamics of difference. • To identify ways in which culture is relevant. • To recognize cultural misinformation and avoid assumptions about a person or the facts of a situation based on misinformation. • To identify personal biases that are brought to any encounter that might influence the interpretation of facts and making of decisions in domestic violence cases. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

16. Cultural Identity Exercise • What is your cultural identity? • How does your identity enhance, limit, affect your work? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

17. What Is Culture? • Historically and anthropologically thought to be a stable pattern of beliefs, values, thoughts, norms etc. that are transmitted from generation to generation for successfully adapting to other group members and their environment. • The problem is that this is an outdated definition. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

18. Definition Of Culture • A critical definition of culture refers to shared experiences or commonalities that have developed and continue to evolve in relation to changing social and political contexts, based on: • race • ethnicity • national origin • sexuality • gender • religion • age • class • disability status • immigration status • education • geographic location (space) • rural, urban • time, or • other axes of identification • within the historical context of oppression Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

19. Intersectionality • People live multiple & layered lives derived from social relations, history, and the operation of structures of power. • Expose all types of discrimination that occur as a consequence of the combination. • No slotting people, no single form of discrimination – exposes full range of vulnerabilities as it links all structures of oppressions. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

20. So, what does this mean? • In what ways does this understanding of culture affect our work? • Who are you? • Who is she? • How do you see her as she sees you • What is the context of your work and the principles that guide it? • How do all these come together? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

21. Cultural Competence Is.. • About both individual and institutional practice. • Characterized by the acceptance of and respect for difference. • About continuous self-assessments regarding culture with special attention to and respect for the dynamics of difference. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

22. Working Assumptions CULTURALLY COMPETENT ASSUMPTIONS: • All cultures are contradictory in that there is both widespread acceptance of domestic violence as part of society as well as traditions of resistance. • Each victim is not only a member of her/his community, but a unique individual with their own responses. The complexity of a person’s response to domestic violence is shaped by multiple factors. • Each individual comes into a courtroom encounter with cultural experiences and perspectives that might differ from those present in the courtroom. • All institutions have to develop specific policies and procedures to systematically build cultural competence. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

23. 60 minute version TRAINING CURRICULUM Cultural Competency Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence / APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

24. What does cultural competency mean and why should I care? Sujata Warrier, Ph.D. For Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence APIA Health Forum January 2007 Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

25. Goals Of This Session • To define the terms culture and cultural competence and respect the dynamics of difference. • To identify ways in which culture is relevant. • To recognize cultural misinformation and avoid assumptions about a person or the facts of a situation based on misinformation. • To identify personal biases that are brought to any encounter that might influence the interpretation of facts and making of decisions in domestic violence cases. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

26. Cultural Identity Exercise • What is your cultural identity? • How does your identity enhance, limit, affect your work? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

27. What Is Culture? • Historically and anthropologically thought to be a stable pattern of beliefs, values, thoughts, norms etc. that are transmitted from generation to generation for successfully adapting to other group members and their environment. • The problem is that this is an outdated definition. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

28. Definition Of Culture • A critical definition of culture refers to shared experiences or commonalities that have developed and continue to evolve in relation to changing social and political contexts, based on: • race • ethnicity • national origin • sexuality • gender • religion • age • class • disability status • immigration status • education • geographic location (space) • rural, urban • time, or • other axes of identification • within the historical context of oppression Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

29. Intersectionality • People live multiple & layered lives derived from social relations, history, and the operation of structures of power. • Expose all types of discrimination that occur as a consequence of the combination. • No slotting people, no single form of discrimination – exposes full range of vulnerabilities as it links all structures of oppressions. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

30. So, what does this mean? • In what ways does this understanding of culture affect our work? • Who are you? • Who is she? • How do you see her as she sees you • What is the context of your work and the principles that guide it? • How do all these come together? Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

31. Cultural Competence Is.. • About both individual and institutional practice. • Characterized by the acceptance of and respect for difference. • About continuous self-assessments regarding culture with special attention to and respect for the dynamics of difference. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute

32. Working Assumptions CULTURALLY COMPETENT ASSUMPTIONS: • All cultures are contradictory in that there is both widespread acceptance of domestic violence as part of society as well as traditions of resistance. • Each victim is not only a member of her/his community, but a unique individual with their own responses. The complexity of a person’s response to domestic violence is shaped by multiple factors. • Each individual comes into a courtroom encounter with cultural experiences and perspectives that might differ from those present in the courtroom. • All institutions have to develop specific policies and procedures to systematically build cultural competence. Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence/APIAHF www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute