Self-Assessment for Cultural Competence
Demographic and caseload changes related to culturally/linguistically diverse (CLD) populations require cultural competence in order to provide clinically competent services. ASHA resources were developed to help you reflect on your current level of cultural competence to increase and improve service delivery.
Cultural Competence Checklists
A series of checklists were developed to heighten your awareness of providing services to CLD populations. There are no answer keys and no "right" answers.
Cultural Competence Awareness Tool
An interactive web-based tool was designed to help you evaluate your cultural competence. Percentages and scores are provided in each subtest in order to help you determine your level of knowledge of specific topics. They should not be used as absolutes. They should be used to determine which areas may need some further development.
NOTE: Please use your ASHA web username and password.
If you have any questions or concerns, please send a message to multicultural@asha.org
How Does Your Caseload Compare?
A web-based application was developed for ASHA members to demonstrate how the demographics are shifting in the United States based on data from the US Census Bureau. This calculator was developed as a resource funded by the ASHA Focused Initiative on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) population to:
- Provide useful information for ASHA and NSSLHA members who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, speech-language and hearing scientists, educators, continuing education administrators, or other decision makers.
- Give you a comparison of caseload demographics (for real or virtual caseload) with the general population in your state.
How Does Your Caseload Compare?