WIC CIAO
Maintaining Cultural Sensitivity When Working with Families
Learn how to be cultural sensitive in your care delivery, recognize cultural differences and address any barriers to care, and identify tools and ways to deliver care in a culturally sensitive manner. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Tami Hogie-Lorenzen, SD Urban Indian Health.
Empathy and Person First
Using empathy and person-first language when working directly with families of young children. Participants will learn to define what empathy is and is not; identify the factors that influence empathetic behavior; and explore techniques that enhance empathy skills. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Lora Hayes.
WIC CIAO Update October 2024
WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project Update As we wrap up the WIC-CIAO grant, CPCM extends gratitude for the WIC program and other partners' support and involvement over the past 18 months. It has been a true pleasure to [...]
Cultural Competency Training Series Recordings
Training series for service providers working with families with young children. Topics include cultural awareness, refugee resettlement, and working with interpreters. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS.
Child Health Outcomes and Social Determinants of Health
Define and explain the concept of social determinants of health (SDH) and identify and categorize the key social determinants of health affecting children, including but not limited to access to healthcare, nutrition, housing stability, parental education level, and community safety. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Jennifer Weber, MPH, RD.
Cultural Competency Series: Working with Interpreters
Participants in this course will gain an understanding of the role of the interpreter, the difference between interpretation and translation, and best practices for working through interpreters. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Valeria Wicker.
WIC CIAO Update September 2024
WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project Update In 2023, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, a center of the University of South Dakota, was one of 36 WIC CIAO grant awardees. The project includes outreach to families with [...]
The Process & Practice of Cultural Humility
Recognize the differences between cultural competence and cultural humility and identify tools to support increasing self-awareness in order to increase capacity for cultural humility. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project by Erika Iverson, SD Urban Indian Health
Cultural Competency Series: Cross-Cultural Communication
Engage in a language immersion experience and discuss challenges of language acquisition. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS, presented by Laura Smith-Hill.
Cultural Competency Series: Diversity Panel Interview
Listen to voices of immigrant and refugee residents as they speak to their backgrounds, what brought them to the US, some key points regarding life in their homeland, the main challenges in adjusting to life in the US and perspectives on how to support success for our culturally diverse clients. Training provided through the WIC CIAO Project in partnership with LSS.
