Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity and Multicultural Aging
Pikes Peak Model Professional Geropsychology Reading List (See Diversity Tab)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR9y4FP_5S-xf-jFLrlrzr_OvQa-SS4z7UPzTjXYMJG6S2RkG0R7ZqVLRSoyWeJZSw_nL2AYtO7-r-8/pubhtml
APA Office on Aging Multicultural Efforts/ Resources for Psychologists and Other Health Providers https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/multicultural-efforts
APA I am Psyched! for Healthy Aging
https://www.apa.org/pi/women/iampsyched/heritage-months/healthy-aging
Diversity in Long Term Care
Respecting Diversity and Promoting Inclusion in Long-Term Care
https://clri-ltc.ca/files/2018/04/CLRI-on-Supporting-Cultural-Diversity-Long-Term-Care.pdf
Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in Long Term Care
https://www.nia-ryerson.ca/commentary-posts/2020/9/3/supporting-diversity-and-inclusion-in-long-term-care
Cultural Diversity: Long Term Care and Adult Day Service Centres: Cultural Competency and Diversity Plan
https://www.peelregion.ca/ltc/resources/pdfs/diversityandaccessibility.pdf
ASA Respecting Differences: Courageous Conversations Webinar
https://cache.webcasts.com/content/citr003/1336946/content/9b79c42beedae5516eba37f827980a2093f48833/pdf/Respecting_Differences_slides.pdf
Diverse Elders
https://www.diverseelders.org
Black and African American Elders
ASA Future Proof Podcast: African American Elders, Equality, Equity, Health, Environment, Alzheimer’s & Pandemic
https://youtu.be/G7VL8aZDPX0
African American Older Adults and Race-Related Stress: How Aging and Health-Care Providers Can Help
https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/african-american-stress.pdf
Black Life Matters: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
https://www.socialwork.career/2020/06/anti-racism-resources-for-social-workers-and-therapists.html
Combating Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy in organizations: Recommendations for Anti-Racist Actions in Mental Health Care
https://notesfromanaspiringhumanitarian.com/combatting-anti-blackness-and-white-supremacy-in-organizations-recommendations-for-anti-racist-actions-in-mental-healthcare/
Hispanic Elders
National Hispanic Council on Aging
http://www.nhcoa.org/
Asian and AAPI Elders
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
https://www.napca.org/
Self-Guided Training: Anti-AAPI Racism (Fitzgerald, 2021) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I2BZ6JVRTg1DIZvE_tHakJpqNXSb5JWucvrQawO_9lw/
We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate
https://youtu.be/14WUuya94QE
Infographics and accompanying videos for helping AAPI families talk to children and teens exposed to anti-Asian bullying and harassment
https://division45.org/division-45-task-force-on-covid-19-anti-asian-discrimination-and-xenophobia/
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American Elders
https://www.nrcnaa.org/
Racial Disparities and Racist Reactions to COVID-19, Plus Aiming for Equity in the Navajo Nation
https://youtu.be/Pk4OUqTFUhA
LGBTQIA+ Aging
Movement Advancement Project LGBTQ Older Adults
https://www.lgbtmap.org/lgbtq-older-adults
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/
Finding an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Long-term Care Community (December 2021; SAGE and Human Rights Campaign Foundation)
https://lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=1087
Inclusive Services for LGBT Older Adults: A Practical Guide to Creating Welcoming Agencies (2012) https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/Sage_GuidebookFINAL1.pdf
Improving the Lives of Transgender Old Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice (2012)
https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/TransAgingPolicyReportFull.pdf
End of Life Planning for Transgender Individuals
https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/pdfs/End-of-Life%20PlanningArticle.pdf
Porter, K.E., Brennan-Ing, M., Chang, S.C., Dickey, L.M., Singh, A.A., Bower, K.L., & Witten, T.M. (2016). Providing Competent and Affirming Services for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults, Clinical Gerontologist, 39(5), 366-388, DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2016.1203383
Aging and Disability
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/disability-and-ageing.html
Senior Resources National Association of the Deaf
https://www.nad.org/seniors/senior-resources/
The National Federation of the Blind Seniors Division
https://seniors.nfb.org/
Aging with Autism
https://www.pbs.org/video/aging-with-autism-vgxeee/
Social Justice
ASA Future Proof Podcast: How to Ally with Older Adults Facing Systemic Discrimination & Marginalization https://youtu.be/ZeIq3wV6Ieo
Zucchero, R. A., Iwasaki, M., Lewis, M. M., Lee, J., Robbins, M. J. (2014). Social justice training within geropsychology: Nontraditional pedagogies to cultivate a competent workforce. The Counseling Psychologist, 42(7), 946-971. doi:10.1177/0011000014540342
General Resources (Not specific to older adults or long term care)
APA Inclusive Language Guidelines (December 2021)
https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines
Racism Scale: Where Do You Fall?
https://www.naadac.org/assets/2416/kathy_fitzjefferies_ac17ho9.pdf
Implicit Bias
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
Decentering Whiteness blog
https://www.cswac.org/
American Counseling Association blog posts on multiculturalism and diversity
https://ct.counseling.org/tag/topic-ct-multiculturalism-diversity/
Central Podcast, T. (2020). Podcast: The Trauma of Racism- An Open Dialogue. Retrieved on September 10, 2020, from
https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-the-trauma-of-racism-an-open-dialogue/
Advancing Health Equity: Equity Resources Roadmap
https://www.solvingdisparities.org/tools/roadmap/equity-resources
Equity of Care: A Toolkit for Eliminating Health Care Disparities
https://www.aha.org/system/files/2018-01/equity-care-toolkit-eliminating-health-care-disparities%E2%80%932015.pdf
Reducing Health and Health Care Disparities: Implementation Lessons and Best Practices for Health Care Organization
https://www.chcs.org/media/Resource-13-058_reducing_health_and_health_care_disparities_-_final.pdf
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race Toolkit
https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
Diversity workshop guide on identity, power, and privilege
https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/diversity-workshop-guide-to-discussing-identity-power-and-privilege/
Supervision
Berger, R., Quiros, L., & Benavidez-Hatzis, J. R. (2018). The intersection of identities in supervision for trauma-informed practice: Challenges and strategies. The Clinical Supervisor, 37, 122–141. doi: 10.1080/07325223.2017.1376299
Dunn, R., Callahan, J.L., Farnsworth, J.K., & Watkins, C.E., Jr. (2017). A proposed framework for addressing supervisee-supervisor value conflict, The Clinical Supervisor, 36 (2), 203-222, DOI: 10.1080/07325223.2016.124639
Falender, C. A., Shafranske, E. P., & Falicov, C. J. (2014). Multiculturalism and diversity in clinical supervision: A competency based approach. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hook, J.N., Davis, D., Owen, J., & DeBlaere, C. (2017). Cultural humility: Engaging diverse identities in therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Hook, J. N., Watkins, C. E., Jr, Davis, D. E., Owen, J., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Ramos, M. J. (2016). Cultural Humility in Psychotherapy Supervision. American journal of psychotherapy, 70(2), 149–166. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2016.70.2.14
Jernigan, M. M., Green, C. E., Helms, J. E., Perez-Gualdron, L., & Henze, K. (2010). An examination of people of color supervision dyads: Racial identity matters as much as race. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 4, 62–73. doi:10.1037/a0018110
Kuo, B. C. H., & Arcuri, A. (2014). Multicultural therapy practicum involving refugees: Description and illustration of a training model. The Counseling Psychologist, 42(7), 1021-1052. doi: 10.1177/0011000013491610
Phillips, J. C., Parent, M. C., Dozier, V. C., & Jackson, P. L. (2017). Depth of discussion of multicultural identities in supervision and supervision outcomes. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 30, 188-210. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2016.1169995
Sehgal, R., Saules, K., Young, A., Grey, M., Gillem, A., Nabors, N., Byrd, M., & Jefferson, S. (2011). Practicing What We Know: Multicultural Counseling Competence Among Clinical Psychology Trainees and Experienced Multicultural Psychologists. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 1-10. doi: 10.1037/a0021667
Additional Self-Education (Books)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Anthony Greenwald & Mahzarin Banaji
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibrahim X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menaken
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Olli
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibrahim X Kendi
General Resources from Psychiatry
Curated book and film lists on Amazon by Francis Lu, MD, Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, UC Davis. Amazon Author Page with bio-sketch and book titles https://www.amazon.com/Francis-G.-Lu/e/B003HFAX8E
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Updated 2022-09-28 09:47:37