2024 OIDD Training and Technical Assistance Institute presentation document. The objectives for participants included:

  1. National demographic trends and comparing to those in the respective states and territories.
  2. Definitions of cultural and linguistic competence – frameworks and practices.
  3. The difference between community outreach and community engagement.
  4. Historical trauma and how it affects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and the communities in which they live.
  5. Concept and practice of cultural brokering and how it can be used to engage diverse communities.
  6. Application of six key approaches/strategies to engage diverse communities.

Culturally and Linguistically Competent Strategies to Engage Diverse Communities: Implications for Developmental Disabilities Councils.

WEBINAR RECORDING Tawara D. Goode 2024 T/TA Institute Presentation