Family Live Chat: Including Us: Sharing Cultural Diversities

How you can help understanding grow when cultural differences are misunderstood?

Have you ever had someone misunderstand your cultural differences? It can
easily and innocently happen, but it is important to help others understand. But
what is the best way. Listen up…

Today our Family Live Chat brought together a diverse panel of parents for this exciting webinar
that focuses on having conversations about assumptions, bias, and advocating for your child.

Join us to learn through real-life stories from our Expert Parents/Professionals

• Why is it important that a family’s culture is included in the services and resources you
  use?
• How do you have a conversation about assumptions? Strategies to begin the
  conversation (power dynamics) professionals may not take criticism in a positive way.
  Risk/benefits – building trust- how can you share information about culture? “Who lives
  at home with you?” (multigenerational families etc.)
• The Do’s and Don’ts for Families and Professionals

Chat Panelists:

Zipporah Levi-Shackleford
Claudia Axelrod
Mauretta Copeland
Hada Khan
Rebecca Stickle

“These Family Chats are led and sponsored by parents and professionals from Parenting
Special Needs Magazine, Home, and Community Positive Behavior Support Network, Positive Behavior
Supports Corporation, Parent to Parent USA, and The Partnership for People with Disabilities
at Virginia Commonwealth University.”

https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/overcoming-bias/

https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/a-complete-guide-on-positive-behavior-support-for-children-with-special-needs/

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