Preconference
Skills-Building Workshops
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
These three-hour workshops will offer the opportunity to participate
in small, intensive training sessions. Workshops will be team-taught by
experts from around the country, and participants will learn specific
techniques and receive informational materials to use in their own work
settings.
A-Workshops will run simultaneously from 9:00am-12:00noon.
B-Workshops will run simultaneously from 1:30-4:30pm.
Use the main registration form to sign-up. Registration will be limited
according to the requirements set by each presenter.
Click on each title for full details about the session.
- New Session
- Workshop B-6: LGBT Competency
& Diversity Issues: An Overview
Morning Sessions (9:00am-12noon)
- Workshop A-1: Show me the money!
- Revenue-generating interpreter services management
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- Workshop A-2: Strategies that work:
- Training trainers for cultural competency and
interpreter training
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- Workshop A-3: Training culturally responsive
health professionals:
- Moving from good intentions to creative interventions
- Workshop A-4 and B-4: Policy Development
for Assuring Language Access in Health Care
- (may only be selected as a full-day course)
Afternoon sessions (1:30pm-4:30pm)
- Workshop B-1: Developing and evaluating translated
materials:
- Strategies and tools for health care organizations
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- Workshop B-2: From personal stories to better
communication:
- Using narrative ethics to improve cultural competence
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- Workshop B-3: Cultural competence training:
- Utilizing the “worlds apart” film &
facilitator’s guide
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- Workshop A-4 and B-4: Policy Development
for Assuring Language Access in Health Care
- (may only be selected as a full-day course)
Workshop B-6: Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Competency & Diversity Issues: An
Overview
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Special Preconference Track: Culturally Competent
Care for Aging Populations
In the next 25 years, the older minority population 65+ is projected
to increase by 217 percent, compared with 81 percent for the older white
population, making it imperative for health and social service organizations
to provide care in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.
This special track of morning and afternoon preconference sessions will
focus on a variety of issues and interventions through a combination of
presentations, skills building, and interactive participation. (You may
choose to attend both of these sessions, one session, or combine one session
with one of the other preconference sessions described above.)
Workshop A-5: Culturally Competent
Care for Aging Populations – Morning Session (9:00am-12noon)
- Reducing health disparities for ethnically diverse elders:
- An overview of the SHARE Innovation Awards and program highlights
from Illinois, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania
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- Planning for an aging and increasingly diverse population:
- Using the Project 2015 model to shape policy and take action for
better services
Workshop B-5: Culturally Competent
Care for Aging Populations - Afternoon session (1:30pm-4:30pm)
- Healthy Aging Summits for ethnic communities:
- A collaborative and culturally appropriate way to deliver preventative
health services
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- Uncovering mental health concerns in minority older adults:
- Culturally appropriate assessment tools and other strategies for
primary care providers
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- Preparing health care providers to discuss palliative and hospice
care:
- What influences patient choices and how to communicate options
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- Developing personal and organizational cultural competence in
home health care:
- Strategies for training, support, and management
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