Building Culturally & Linguistically Competent Services

Summary

This tool kit provides resources, strategies and guidance to help communities achieve cultural and linguistic competence across all programs that help families with young children, toward a goal of promoting healthy early childhood development and school readiness.  

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction: Rationale and Literature Review
• Definitions
• Planning and Implementation: Self-Assessment and Planning Process
• Learning about Family and Community
• Family Culture: Context for Child Development and Early Cultural Learning
• Information Gathering: Ethnographic Interviewing
• The Early Care and Education Environment
• Curriculum
• Family Involvement
• Early Learning
• Language
• Literacy
• Family Friendly Communication
• Interpreters and Translators
• Translated Materials
• Training: Provider and Personnel Preparation
• Bibliography