Instructions for Using Culture-Intervention Interface
Grid
The
Culture-Intervention Interface Grid was designed to assist CSD students and communication
disorder specialists in understanding how the elements of
culture may influence the procedures that are common across
audiology and speech-language pathology. Influence is
significantly impacted by level of assimilation, "the
process by which individuals enter the social positions, as
well as acquire the political, economic, and educational
standards of the dominant culture." (Thompson, R.
H. [1996]. Assimilation. In D. Levinson & M.
Ember (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology
, [Vol. 1., pp.112-15]. New York: Henry Holt and
Company.
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Determine a cultural group or a clinical
disorder that you would like to consider.
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Go across the top of the chart or down the
side, and consider how each intersection applies to the
cultural group or clinical disorder under
consideration.
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If you feel that the intersection is
extremely applicable, put three stars in the box. If
the intersection is only slightly applicable, record one
star.
For example, for some cultures, one might put
stars at the juncture of initial information gathering and
language
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Language affects initial information
gathering. Depending on level of English
proficiency,the services of an interpreter are required in
order to translate intake information
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Customs and scheduling. If the client/patient
performs daily rituals, for example praying,
meditating, sessions must be scheduled
accordingly.
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Material culture and treatment or
intervention. Articles of clothing, gender differences,
etc., may impact the appropriateness and degree of
physical contact between the client/patient and the
clinician