CIL NET Presents… A National Onsite Training

Inclusion and Diversity in Centers for Independent Living

August 18 & 19, 2010

Boston, MA

Register online or by using this printable registration form.

Hyatt Harborside Boston
101 Harborside Drive,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02128
(888) 421-1442 (Hyatt Reservations)
(617) 568-1234 (Front Desk)
(617) 567-8856 (Fax)
Room Rate: $189/Night (single/double)

The deadline to register for this training or reserve hotel rooms at the reduced rate is July 27, 2010. 

Achieving a truly inclusive Center for Independent Living can be complicated and time-consuming. To be effective in attracting people with disabilities from diverse backgrounds, CILs must have a clear understanding of the needs, language and culture of the communities they serve and a commitment to reach people with disabilities within those communities. Successful Centers reach out to and involve people with disabilities at all levels of the organization: as consumers, staff, volunteers and donors. 

Please join us this summer in Boston to learn how your Center can become more truly inclusive by achieving cultural competence effectively and efficiently.  Our presenter, a nationally recognized leader in cultural and linguistic competence, will provide you with the best tools, resources, and in-depth information to assess your organization as it stands now and to develop an action plan to achieve and sustain cultural and linguistic competence. 

Target Audience

Executive directors, program managers, and other staff concerned with inclusion and diversity; and board members of Centers for Independent Living; it may also be of benefit to staff and members of Statewide Independent Living Councils.

Learn:

• The benefits and rewards that linguistic competence brings to your CIL

• Five key challenges to achieving cultural and linguistic competence and effective leadership strategies to address them

• Components of diversity and culture which include data, theory, definitions and frameworks

• A four-step process to develop and conduct a systematic organizational self-assessment that addresses attitudes, behaviors, policies, structures and practices of an organization

• The framework for a successful cultural competence model

• Much, much more!

Your Presenter

Tawara Goode, MA is the Director of the National Center for Cultural Competence and Associate Director of the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD), University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She is a Research Associate within the Department of Pediatrics. Ms. Goode’s work focuses on increasing the capacity of health care and mental health programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems. Ms. Goode has been actively involved in the development and implementation of programs and initiatives in the area of cultural and linguistic competence at local, national and international levels. Ms. Goode is nationally recognized as a leader in the area of cultural and linguistic competency. Ms. Goode has published articles, monographs and policy papers on such topics as policies that support cultural and linguistic competence, children and families who are homeless, community-based service delivery models and the inclusion of children with disabilities and their families in child care.

Travel Arrangements

Please make arrangements to stay for the entire training, which will begin with registration at 8:30 am on August 18 and end at 5:00 pm on August 19. 

Tentative Agenda (Boston is on Eastern Time)

Wednesday, August 18

8:30 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 10:00 AM: Welcome & Introductions
10:00 – 12:00 PM: Exploring Diversity & Culture
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch (provided)
1:30 – 4:00 PM: Cultural and Linguistic Competence
4:00 – 4:30 PM: Wrap Up & Reflections on Day One

Thursday, August 19

8:30 – 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 – 12:00 AM: Leadership to Advance and Sustain Cultural and Linguistic Competence
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch (provided)
1:30 – 4:00 PM: Role of Self-Assessment in Achieving Cultural and Linguistic Competence
4:00 – 4:30 PM: Wrap up and Evaluation

PRESENTED BY CIL-NET: A program of the IL NET national training and technical assistance project for Centers for Independent Living (CIL-NET) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILC-NET). The IL NET is operated by ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization, in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).