Five Cultural Competence Skills to Improve Your International Student Mental Health Services Webcast Recording

Last updated August 26, 2016

Five Cultural Competence Skills to Improve Your International Student Mental Health Services Webcast Recording

Last updated August 26, 2016

Overview

One of the largest growing populations on college campuses today are international students. Student affairs practitioners, not just the mental health providers, need to acquire and practice cultural competency in their interactions and services with international students. This webcast will give you five practical skills to enhance your cultural competency, as well as your department’s, as you work with the mental health needs of international students on your campus.

Who should attend?

Cultural competence training related to mental health and international students is most effective when it is interwoven into all aspects of student affairs operations. As such, we recommend professionals from the following areas on campus attend:

  • College counselors
  • Residence life staff
  • Behavior intervention team members
  • International student services staff
  • International admissions recruiters
  • Athletics

Agenda

  • What is cultural competence?
  • How cultural competence intersects with addressing mental health
  • Skill 1: Understand potential student barriers
  • Skill 2: Review department, service design, and delivery
  • Skill 3: Practice trauma-informed and systemic barrier-informed interaction methods
  • Skill 4: Do not assume student identity
  • Skill 5: Understand specific international student populations on your campus
  • Successful college programs, outreach, and services