Culturally-Responsive Services

Children, Families, & Culture

• Cultural Competence Child Welfare Information Gateway. Resources and information on working with children, youth, and families; disproportional representation of minority groups in the child welfare system; culturally competent services; training for child welfare staff; and the specific role of cultural competence in child maltreatment, out-of-home care, and adoption.
• Cultural Competence, Strengths and Outcomes RTC for Pathways to Positive Futures. Series of practical articles about working with children from culturally diverse families.
• Culture and Language Headstart Information on working with immigrant and refugee families, dual language learners, screening children for disabilities, and more.
• Suggestions for Interviewing Refugee and Immigrant Children and their Families is one of the useful resources developed by the National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness.

Deaf Culture

• American Deaf Culture Information from Gaullaudet University on the values, beliefs, and traditions of Deaf culture.
• Learning about Deaf Culture and Community Deaf Linx. Deaf culture, resources, American Sign Language.
• How the Criminal Justice System Fails the Deaf Community Huffington Post. How lack of information in the criminal justice system negatively impacts (and sometimes endangers) Deaf people.

Disability Culture

• People First Language Articles Disability is Natural Author Kathie Snow shares why how we talk about people with disabilities matters.
• The Case Against “Special Needs" by Kathie Snow, Disability is Natural 
• I Am Disabled: On Identity-First vs. People-First Language Adults with disabilities share why they embrace their disability identity first.
• Identity-First Language Blog about identity-first vs. people-first philosophy.

Systems Issues

• Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare Child Welfare Information Gateway. 28-page brief explores efforts to address racial disproportionality in the child welfare decision-making process for administrators, program managers, and policymakers.

Courts

• The Lens of Implicit Bias National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Case study analyzes factors in decision making, particularly those that can lead to unequal treatment in cases before juvenile and family courts.
• Racial Disparities and Implicit Bias National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Webinar discusses racial disparities and implicit bias in juvenile law.