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Welcome to the HPA Diversity Homepage!
On this page you can find continuing education links and materials relating to diversity topics, as well as an overview of activities the HPA Diversity Committee is planning.
Don't miss: 03/03/12:
Mahalo to all the conference attendees for their interest. Now, visit the HPA Diversity Conference page for conference presentations!
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A More Fluid Expression of Gender
Interview with Aiden Gleisberg of Trans-Spectrum Hawaii
Here is the full Interview with Aiden Gleisberg of Trans-Spectrum Hawaii. We cover Transgender Terminology, DSM-V, Mental Health, Gatekeeper Issues, Hormones, Surgery, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Resources in Hawaii and much more!
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Culturally Responsive Evidence Based Practice
Dr. Pamela Hays has graciously allowed HPA to link to her powerpoint from her workshop on Culturally Responsive Evidence Based Practice. Her work is rich in very practical information to improve one's practice in a culturally competent manner. Mahalo Dr. Hays! |
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Kansas Psychological Association Diversity Homepage
The Kansas Psychological Association features a great degree of diversity links and information.
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New Mexico Diversity CE
The New Mexico Psychological Association Diversity and Cultural Competence website features an excellent Continuing Education resource which covers a broad range of topics, such as multicultural counseling research articles, awareness, and skills development in counseling and assessment of diverse populations. Also available are 5 CE videos that cover culturally appropriate intervention strategies. Please contact the NMPA with any questions about this program.
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Texas A&M University and the Texas Psychological Association offer a comprehensive website focusing on diversity information and resources.
The Asian American Center on Disparities Research website features a link to the presentations from its 2008 National Conference: Culturally Informed Evidence Based Practices: Translating Research and Policy for the Real World. Here are some examples:
- The Cultural Context of Methods, Practices, and Policy - Luis A. Vargas
- Culturally Informed Evidence Based Practices: Translating Research into Culturally-
- Informed Prevention Interventions - Felipe González Castro, M.S.W., Ph.D.
- Bringing Interventions from the Community to the Clinics: The Case of RQP - Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
- Treatment Effects for Ethnic-Minority Populations: Meta-Analytic Findings - Antonio Polo, Ph.D.
To access the presentations click on the link titled "Program and Individual Presentations" and find links to the individual presentation PDFs within that PDF file.
Language Training Links:
Featured language training link: Foreign Service Instiute language training. This US governmeny agency has developed comprehensive language training materials for dozens of languages. These include textbooks (PDF) and even MP3 files. Best of all, all of the language training materials are freely accessible! These are the languages presently offered: Amharic Arabic Bulgarian Cambodian Cantonese Chinese Chinyanja Czech Finnish French Fula German Greek Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Igbo Italian Japanese Kirundi Kituba Korean Lao Lingala Luganda Moré Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbo-Croatian Shona Sinhala Spanish Swahili Swedish Tagalog Thai Turkish Twi Vietnamese Yoruba.
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