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Dependency attorneys who represent children in child abuse and neglect proceedings engage in cross‐cultural lawyering. Beyond the inevitable cultural differences between lawyer and child client in terms of education, development, and age, there are often differences in race, sexual orientation, language, neighborhood of residence, and countless other cultural dimensions. Cultural differences can lead to miscommunications and misunderstandings between attorney and client, which in turn hurt the quality of representation. Increasing the cultural competence of an attorney can improve the attorney's ability to work effectively with children from different cultures. Unfortunately, very few states currently require cultural competence training for attorneys who represent children. This article calls for making cultural competence training mandatory for all dependency attorneys to improve the quality of representation for children involved in the dependency system.

For HR directors, corporate trainers, college administrators, diversity trainers and study abroad educators, this book provides a cutting-edge framework and an innovative collection of ready-to-use tools and activities to help build cultural competence-from the basics of understanding core concepts of culture to the complex work of negotiating identity and resolving cultural differences. Building Cultural Competence presents the latest work in the intercultural field and provides step-by-step instructions for how to effectively work with the new models, frameworks, and exercises for building learners' cultural competence. Featuring fresh activities and tools from experienced coaches, trainers, and facilitators from around the globe, this collection of over 50 easy-to-use activities and models has been used successfully worldwide in settings that range from Fortune 500 corporations to the World Bank, non-profits, and universities. Learn updates on classic models like the DIE (Description, Interpretation, Evaluation) framework and the U-Curve model of adjustment. Engage in new exercises to help build intercultural competence, using the practical step-by-step guidance on how to effectively facilitate these activities. Stay relevant and have positive impact with clients, organizations, and students with these well-organized, easy-to-implement, and high impact collection of frameworks, models, and activities. The new, research-based models work for developing cultural competence in any environment, and for designing effective cultural competence courses. Education abroad administrators will be able to use these activities in their pre- departure orientations for students going abroad. Corporate human resource professionals will find these activities invaluable in cultural competence building programs.

Introduction: Culture and the military -- Part I: The value of developing cultural competence in military leaders -- Cultural intelligence as part of an officer's virtue -- Civilians under attack: diverging threat perspectives -- The errors Clausewitz made about culture in war (and how a Clausewitzian approach can solve them) -- Part II: Lessons learned in teaching cultural skills in military contexts -- Understanding cultural differences: The limitations of ASCOPE/PMESII -- Unlearning "Stranger Danger": Developing cultural competence in Canadian military professionals through collective learning and self-reflection -- Culture as operational enabler: Training Danish officers to understand the interaction between cultural dynamics and military operations -- Combining the teaching of intelligence, Arabic, and culture at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School -- Intercultural competencies in the Bundeswehr: Officer training and mission realities -- Teaching gender, teaching culture: A comparative study of gendered dilemmas in culturally complex situations -- Part III - Organizational change: When military culture meets cultural competence -- Anthropology in the bunker: Teaching transcultural war at the US Naval War College.-Redefining the past to become the present: Culture policy and U.S. Marine Corps recruit training -- Teaching Cultural Competence: Lessons from seven countries.

"Building Cultural Competence presents the latest work in the intercultural field and provides step-by-step instructions for how to effectively work with the new models, frameworks, and exercises for building learners' cultural competence. Featuring fresh activities and tools from experienced coaches, trainers, and facilitators from around the globe, this collection of over 50 easy-to-use activities and models has been used successfully worldwide in settings that range from Fortune 500 corporations to the World Bank, non-profits, and universities."--Publisher's description

"Foreword" -- "Preface" -- "Contents" -- "Chapter 1: Introduction" -- "1.1 Cultural Competence Defined" -- "1.2 Cultural Competence-Related Terms" -- "1.3 The Historical Development of Cultural Competence" -- "1.4 What Does Cultural Competence Encompass" -- "1.5 A Multilevel Framework for Cultural Competence in Healthcare" -- "1.6 The Purpose of This Book" -- "1.7 The Objectives of This Book" -- "1.8 Structure of the Book" -- "1.8.1 Chapter 2: The Drivers of Cultural Competence" -- "1.8.2 Chapter 3: Methods" -- "1.8.3 Cultural Competence: A Multilevel, Systematic Scoping Review" -- "1.8.4 Chapter 4: Health Workforce Development Interventions to Improve Cultural Competence" -- "1.8.5 Chapter 5: Cultural Competence Education and Training Interventions for Health and Medical Students" -- "1.8.6 Chapter 6: Programs and Services to Improve Cultural Competence in Healthcare" -- "1.8.7 Chapter 7: Health Organisation and System Cultural Competence Interventions" -- "1.8.8 Chapter 8: Cultural Competence Strengths, Weaknesses and Future Directions" -- "1.8.9 Chapter 9: Multilevel Cultural Competence Intervention Implementation and Evaluation Framework" -- "References" -- "Chapter 2: The Drivers of Cultural Competence" -- "2.1 Introduction: The Conceptual Underpinnings of Cultural Competence" -- "2.1.1 Pathway 1: Cultural or Sociocultural Differences" -- "2.1.2 Pathway 2: Healthcare Disparities" -- "2.2 Pathway 1: Culture and Sociocultural Differences" -- "2.2.1 What Is Culture?" -- "2.2.2 Sociocultural Differences and Healthcare Appropriateness" -- "2.2.3 Conflating Culture with Ethnicity and Race" -- "2.2.4 Worldviews, Language and Healthcare Appropriateness" -- "2.2.5 Increasing Population Diversity" -- "2.3 Pathway 2: Disparities in Healthcare Treatment and Quality" -- "2.3.1 The Role of Bias in Healthcare Disparities

Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion, 2nd edition, examines the importance of ethnic and cultural factors for community health practice. Edited and written by a stellar list of contributors who are experts in field, this book describes essential theories, models, and practices for working with race, ethnicity, gender, and social issues. The authors cover a wide range of topics including demographics, disparities, complementary and alternative medicine, spiritually grounded approaches, multicultural populations, culturally competent needs assessment and planning, communi