Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources’ Crossover Xpand SOC program would like to invite you to attend our Cultural and Linguistic Competency Lunch and Learn Series continuing on March 5, 2021.

Multicultural Perspectives for the Mental Health Professional

Featuring Dr. Linda Vasquez   

Linguistic Competence is the capacity of an organization and its personnel to communicate effectively and convey information in a manner that is easily understood by diverse audiences including persons of limited English proficiency, those who have low literacy skills or are not literate, and individuals with disabilities. Linguistic competency requires organizational and provider capacity to respond effectively to the health literacy needs of populations served. The
organization must have policy, structures, practices, procedures, and dedicated resources to support this capacity. This presentation provides an introduction for determining linguistic competence in health care, mental health, and other human service delivery systems.

OBJECTIVES
 Define linguistic competence, cultural competence, and cultural linguistic competence – 15 minutes
 Identify culturally appropriate oral and written language services to limited English proficiency (LEP) members through such means as bilingual/bicultural staff, trained medical interpreters, and qualified translators – 20 minutes
 Review and discuss examples of organizational policy, structures, practices, procedures, and dedicated resources to support this capacity related to linguistic competence – 25 minutes

Register here: https://pbmhr2021.wufoo.com/forms/mwhf1bc0estjoa/