October 17, 2016
Cultural Adaptation Navigator Seminars/Webinars
Submitted by Aliah Mestrovich Seay
Want to boost your Latino(a) outreach efforts? Wonder how to best serve youth with Autism at camp? Consider signing up for a Cultural Adaptation Navigator Seminar for the 2016-2017 year. If you are looking to build more cultural self-awareness or awareness of other cultural groups while fitting the training into a busy workday, these seminars are customizable and typically 1-2 hours in length. They are offered via Zoom video conferencing or in-person depending on the length of the workshop and the county or district's needs.
Seminar facilitators include professionals from Kansas State Research and Extension as well as subject matter experts at Kansas State University and the local community.
Some of the topics include but are not limited to:
• Understanding Culture and the Self
• Examining Our Fundamental Beliefs
• Autism and ADHD Toolkit
• The Culture of Poverty
• Professional and Ethical Decision Making
• Implicit Bias
• The Intercultural Development Inventory
• A Roadmap for Working with Latino Audiences
• Examining Your Allyship – LGBT Focus
• Diversity Trivia
• Becoming a Multicultural Educator Makes Sense in Today's World
For more information visit PEARS at: https://pears.oeie.org/accounts/signin/?next=/ or email Aliah Mestrovich Seay at aliah@ksu.edu or call her directly at 620-290-1622.
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Instructions to Access PEARS:
• Click on link and sign in with your KSU email.
• Locate professional development tab and click on "Available Opportunities."
• Filter 2016-2017 year and Competency: Diversity/Multiculturalism
• Sign up for available offerings