11/10/16 STRATEGIC INTERVENTION SERVICES ASSOCIATES UNPACKING - PDF document

11/10/16 STRATEGIC INTERVENTION SERVICES ASSOCIATES UNPACKING CULTURE IN FAMILY AND CHILD PROTECTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION Regina Odofle Thompson LLM (ADR), C.MED., ACC.FM, CP.MED. Tel: +1 (416) 826-3623 E-mail: sisa@rogers.com PRESENTER � OPENING STATEMENT � WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES PARTICIPANT � INTRODUCTIONS � STATEMENTS OF EXPECTED OUTCOMES 1

11/10/16 PART I CULTURE WHAT IS CULTURE? SUBCULTURES IN MULTICULTURALISM/PLURALISM WHAT ARE SUB-CULTURES? INDIGENOUS CULTURES WHO ARE INDIGENOUS CULTURES? 2

11/10/16 PART II THE ROOTS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DIFFERENCE � CULTURAL BINARIES – COLLECTIVISTS AND INDIVIDUALISTS LIVING WITH CULTURAL DIFFERENCES VALUES COMMUNICATION AND MEANING-MAKING REGIMENS BEHAVIOUR ATTITUDE SELF EXPRESSION PART III THINKING CULTURE IN FAMILY DISPUTE RESOLUTION MARRIAGE 3

11/10/16 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN TO THE CULTURAL-OTHER FAMILY � COMPLETING THE SELF CHILDREN AS CROWNING GLORY � PART IV SOURCES OF CONFLICT - SOCIETAL ASSIMILATION CONFLICTS SOURCES OF CONFLICT - SYSTEMS � PARENTS AND CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES 4

11/10/16 SOURCES OF CONFLICT INTER-GENERATIONAL SOURCES OF CONFLICT IN THE HOME PART V CURRENT APPROACHES TO CULTURAL CONTEXT ADR PRACTICE � RIGID/IMPOSED � INEFFECTIVE � HARMFUL 5

11/10/16 PART VI SHIFTING PARADIGMS PURPOSE SHIFTING PARADIGMS CHALLENGES TO DESIGNING INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES SHIFTING PARADIGMS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTITIONER 6

11/10/16 SHIFTING PARADIGMS THE CULTURAL-OTHER CLIENT � TACKLING DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ACCULTURATION SHIFTING PARADIGMS HOLISTIC CULTURAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS KEY FACTORS - TH THE TR E TRAJEC ECTOR ORY OF EN Y OF ENDEMIC EMIC C CON ONFLIC FLICT T � CULTURAL IDENTITY � HISTORY OF RELATIONSHIP � MEMORY � EMOTION AND BOUNDARIES � TRUST SHIFTING PARADIGMS � ASSESSING FOR CULTURAL CONTEXT IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS 7

11/10/16 PART VII ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES � RESOLVING CONFLICTS WITH CULTURAL- OTHERS ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES PRE-MEDIATION ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES AT MEDIATION 8

11/10/16 ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS DESIGN THE AGENCY FINISHING TOUCHES QUESTIONS OPINIONS CRITIQUES 9