Culturally competent disability support : putting it into practice : a review of the international and Australian literature on cultural competence / Patrick Harris
Published
Harris Park, N.S.W. : Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW, 2004
Machine derived contents note: Rationale 5 5 -- Aim of Phase One 5 -- Audience 5 -- M ethod 6 6 -- Structure and Findings 8 -- Term inology 9 -- Background: Australian disability service delivery 10 -- Part One Definitions: Levels of influence; culture, competence, cultural -- competence; empowerment 13 -- Levels of influence 13 -- Culture, competence, and cultural competence 16 -- Empowerment 20 -- Part Two Developing Cultural Competence Capacities 24 -- Cultural awareness and sensitivity 24 -- Cultural knowledge 26 -- Approaches to thinking culturally competently 34 -- Part Three Cross-cultural Interactions 42 -- Effective cross-cultural encounters 42 -- Com m unication 45 -- A ssessm ent 52 -- Part Four Involving Others 61 -- Family and carer involvement 61 -- Community participation 66 -- Info rm a tio n 7 4 -- Part Five Culturally Competent Self-assessment and Growth 78 -- Rationale for self-assessm ent 78 -- Characteristics of a culturally competent person 85
