I Don’t See Color: How Your Own Cultural
Identity Shapes Your Clinical Practice
Presented by Laura DeThorne and Megan-Brette Hamilton
Video Runtime: 81 Minutes; Learning Assessments: 20 Minutes
Do you see race and cultural identity when you look at your clients? Chances are you do, and we suggest that you should. Race and cultural identity have a substantial influence on communicative practices, and to ignore such key aspects of identity is to render us less effective, and potentially harmful, clinicians. The vast majority of speech-language pathologists are White middle-class females, and the majority of our clients are not. Consequently, we will provide you with a framework for reflecting on cultural identity—yours and others'. We will also highlight examples for how “seeing color” will help make you a more culturally-competent therapist.
Do you see race and cultural identity when you look at your clients? Chances are you do, and we suggest that you should. Race and cultural identity have a substantial influence on communicative practices, and to ignore such key aspects of identity is to render us less effective, and potentially harmful, clinicians. The vast majority of speech-language pathologists are White middle-class females, and the majority of our clients are not. Consequently, we will provide you with a framework for reflecting on cultural identity—yours and others'. We will also highlight examples for how “seeing color” will help make you a more culturally-competent therapist.