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| Working with Parents in Culturally Competent Ways |
| Type: | Professional Development |
| Category: | Working with Parents |
| Age: | Professionals |
| Details: | Cultural competence is the ability to learn from and relate respectfully with people of your own culture and other cultures, adjusting your own behaviors based on what you learn. This training will give participants an in-depth perspective of how different cultural experiences, belief systems, family structures and values influence parenting. Participants will examine how one’s own experiences have shaped internal biases. Specific skills that help professionals understand, adapt, and respond sensitively to differences will be addressed.
After completion of this professional development course, participants will be able to:
Expand or broaden their definition of diversity beyond race and ethnicity; Recognize the benefits and barriers to building and maintaining mutually satisfying partnerships;Understand and incorporate active listening, sensitive responding, and conflict resolution skills with families;
Acknowledge cultural differences, recognize biases, and adjust their behavior accordingly;Examine the organizational systems and practices in their workplaces as they relate to cultural competence;Identify alternative structures that are supportive of parent-professional relationships;Expand their network of resources and repertoire of effective practices.
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| Schedule for: "Working with Parents in Culturally Competent Ways " |
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| Cambridge - Families First |
99 Bishop Richard Allen Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Contact: Stacey Ellsworth
(617) 868-7687 ext. 10
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FROM WEST
- Exit the Mass. Pike at Exit 18 (Allston/Cambridge)
- Go towards Cambridge, cross the Charles River and continue going straight on to River Street right into Central Square.
- At intersection of Mass Ave and River Street - go straight through the light (road then becomes Prospect Street).
- Once through the intersection and on Prospect Street look for first right hand turn which is Bishop Allen Drive. Turn right onto Bishop Allen Drive.
- Our building is #99 which is a block down on the left hand side. It is a three story, red brick building with black shutters. There is plenty of on-street metered parking and two metered lots across from the building.
FROM SOUTH
- Take the Southeast Expressway (Rt. 93) to Storrow Drive (westbound). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Mass. Ave. exit.
- Take Mass. Ave. exit (it is a left hand exit) and at end of ramp turn right onto Mass. Ave.
- Continue on Mass. Ave. over Charles River, past MIT and into Central Square.
- At intersection of Mass. Ave. and Prospect Street, turn right onto Prospect.
- Take first right off of Prospect Street onto Bishop Allen Drive.
- Our building is #99 which is a block down on the left hand side. It is a three story, red brick building with black shutters. There is plenty of on-street metered parking and two metered lots across from the building.
FROM NORTH
- Take Route 95 south. Exit onto Route 93 towards Boston.
- Take Storrow Drive exit just after the lower deck on 93 as you are approaching the city.
- Take Mass. Ave. exit (it is a left hand exit) and at end of ramp turn right onto Mass. Ave.
- Continue on Mass. Ave. over Charles River, past MIT and into Central Square.
- At intersection of Mass. Ave. and Prospect Street, turn right onto Prospect (After Purity Supreme Market on Left).
- Take first right off of Prospect Street onto Bishop Allen Drive.
- Our building is #99 which is a block down on the left hand side. It is a three story, red brick building with black shutters. There is plenty of on-street metered parking and two metered lots across from the building.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Families First is located two blocks away from the Central Square T-Stop on the MBTA Red Line.
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