This presentation, titled “Cultural Competence: From Inclusive Classroom Learning to Inclusive Practice” by Valarie B. Fleming, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, focuses on incorporating diversity and inclusion into Communication Disorders curriculum. Here’s a summary of the key points:
1. Learning Outcomes:
- Identify barriers to infusing diversity and inclusion into curriculum
- Discuss innovative learning strategies for incorporating diversity and inclusion
- Identify strategies to develop culturally competent clinicians
2. ASHA’s Diversity and Inclusion Statement is highlighted, emphasizing respect, addressing under-representation, and fostering open dialogue.
3. Barriers to incorporating diversity and inclusion:
- Deciding what to teach
- Lack of instructional resources
- Time constraints
- Inadequate preparation
- Lack of pedagogical models
4. Dimensions of Multicultural Education (Banks, 2016):
- Content integration
- Knowledge construction
- Prejudice reduction
- Equity pedagogy
- Empowering academic culture
5. Domains of Exclusion in education are discussed, including unintentional disrespect and disregarding student backgrounds.
6. Culturally Responsive Teaching is explained, emphasizing cultural competence, critical consciousness, and academic success.
7. Approaches to diversity in curriculum:
- Contributions
- Additive
- Transformation
- Social Action
8. Goals for multicultural course transformation:
- Content-oriented (constructing a broader truth)
- Learner-oriented (closing gaps)
- Socially-oriented (addressing importance)
9. Strategies for course transformation:
- Modifying content, instructional strategies, assessment, and interactions
- Transforming syllabi, coursework, clinical placements, and other learning experiences
10. The importance of documenting the effectiveness of multicultural goals through measurable outcomes is emphasized.
The presentation provides a comprehensive framework for integrating diversity and inclusion into Communication Disorders education, addressing both theoretical concepts and practical strategies for implementation.
Summary generated by Claude 3.5 Sonnet, edited by ASHA staff
