Expanding your team's Understanding
of Diversity

Wednesday 28 April 2010

As a Coordinator of a children’s service, you have a responsibility to ensure that your service reflects diversity respectfully. This interactive session focuses on how you can empower your team to incorporate diversity as part of a whole service delivery approach. Participants will explore strategies to extend their team’s implementation of a culturally responsive practices.

Topics to be Covered

• Define and explore the impact to service delivery when implementing a tokenistic approach to addressing cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD)
• Strategies to positively engage services to reflect the wider community into children’s programs

Session Outcomes

For participants to:

• Review the tokenistic approach to diversity and expand understanding of associated issues
• Identify strategies to constructively discuss the tokenistic approaches implemented and work towards dispelling its occurrences within the service

Quality Areas

• QIAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
• FDCQA 1, 2, 3 & 4
• OSHCQA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7

Venue: FKA Children’s Services, 9-11 Stewart St, Richmond
Time: 8:00-10am
Cost: $25