Culture is more than Heritage

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Culture is more than Heritage

• Most think of culture only as heritage, but its
  much more
• Combination of thoughts, feelings, attitudes,
  beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by racial,
  ethnic, religious, or social group
• Cultural Perspectives on Parenting ties concepts
  together to help you meet needs of families in
  todays diverse world

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Key Topics

• Family-Centered Practices
• How to organize, tailor, and deliver services to
  culturally diverse families
• Helps families meet developmental needs of their
  members
• Helps them build on their families strengths

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Key Topics
Understanding Cultural Competence The behaviors,
attitudes, and policies that enable a system,
agency, or individual to function effectively
with culturally diverse people and communities
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Key Topics

• Influence of Culture
• How ones culture and unique characteristics
  influences interaction between service providers
  and families
• How to apply this knowledge in your work
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Key Topics

• Parenting in Diverse Cultures
• How socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic factors
  influence parenting
• Examples of parental involvement in childrens
  education from three immigrant groups
  Portuguese, Dominican, and Cambodian
• The role extended family members play in child
  rearing across various cultures
• Working with Latino youth and families
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Nationally Known Presenters
Rosa Milagros (Amy) Santos, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor, Department of Special Education,
University of Illinois  
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Nationally Known Presenters
William D. Allen, Ph.D. Licensed marriage and
family therapist in private practice,
Minneapolis, MN. Director of Outreach at Life
Innovations, Inc., a developer of relationship
assessments.
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Nationally Known Presenters
Cynthia Garcia Coll, Ph.D. Professor of
Education, Psychology and Pediatrics, and the
Mittleman Family Director of Human Development
for the Center for the Study of Human Development
at Brown University.
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Nationally Known Presenters
Francisco Villarruel, Ph.D. Associate Professor,
Family and Child Ecology Research Associate,
Institute for Children, Youth, and Families,
Michigan State University.
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Key Program Benefits

• Convenient, cost-effective way to learn from
  nationally known presenters
• Interactive ask questions via live call-in
  session
• Learn from and network with others in your
  profession

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Key Program Benefits

• Current research and applications to your work
• Earn continuing education units

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Who Should Attend?

• Educators, child care providers, social workers
• Counselors, psychologists, teachers, ministers,
  faith leaders, 4-H leaders, family support
  workers
• Physicians, nurses, judges, law enforcement
• Cooperative Extension staff, future professionals

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Registration and Details

• Local county extension office
• Joyce Howard, ISU Families Extension
  jahoward_at_iastate.edu, 515-294-8754
• Kimberly Greder, Family Life Extension State
  Specialist, kgreder_at_iastate.edu, 515-294-5906
• www.extension.iastate.edu/culture

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Sponsors

• Iowa State University Extension, Families and
  4-H Youth Development
• Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Children,
  Family Community Services
• Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of
  Family Health
• Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
• University of Northern Iowa, College of Social
  and Department of Design, Family Consumer
  Sciences

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Sponsors, cont.

• University of Minnesota Extension
• University of California Extension
• Michigan State University Extension, Family and
  Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development
• Cornell Cooperative Extension
• University of Wisconsin Extension
• North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Washington State University Extension

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Sponsors, cont.

• Purdue University Extension
• Penn State Extension Better Kid Care Program
• The American Association of Family and Consumer
  Sciences Excellence in Extension Grant
• Iowa Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
  Elva Davies Fund
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