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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

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PART I CULTURE

WHAT IS CULTURE?

SUBCULTURES IN MULTICULTURALISM/PLURALISM

WHAT ARE SUB-CULTURES?

INDIGENOUS CULTURES

WHO ARE INDIGENOUS CULTURES?

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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

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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

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SOURCES OF CONFLICT

INTER-GENERATIONAL

SOURCES OF CONFLICT

IN THE HOME

PART V CURRENT APPROACHES TO CULTURAL CONTEXT

ADR PRACTICE

!  RIGID/IMPOSED

!  INEFFECTIVE

!  HARMFUL

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PART VI SHIFTING PARADIGMS

PURPOSE

SHIFTING PARADIGMS

CHALLENGES TO DESIGNING INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES

SHIFTING PARADIGMS

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTITIONER

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SHIFTING PARADIGMS THE CULTURAL-OTHER CLIENT

!   TACKLING DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ACCULTURATION

SHIFTING PARADIGMS HOLISTIC CULTURAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS

KEY FACTORS - THE TRAJECTORY OF ENDEMIC CONFLICT

!   CULTURAL IDENTITY

!   HISTORY OF RELATIONSHIP

!   MEMORY

!   EMOTION AND BOUNDARIES

!   TRUST

SHIFTING PARADIGMS

!   ASSESSING FOR CULTURAL CONTEXT IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS

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PART VII ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES

!   RESOLVING CONFLICTS WITH CULTURAL-OTHERS

ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES

PRE-MEDIATION

ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES

AT MEDIATION

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ADOPTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS DESIGN

THE AGENCY

FINISHING TOUCHES

QUESTIONS

OPINIONS

CRITIQUES