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Digging Deeper as a Recovery Specialist: Advanced Tools and Skills

Cultural Awareness, Competence & Sensitivity : Module 5

Judith Lessing Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI, CRS
Nanette Zumwalt, CADC, CCJP, CIP, CRS
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Description

This module is all about equipping you with the tips, strategies, and insights you need to truly connect with your clients and their families. We’ll share relatable examples, practical tools, and heartfelt discussions that will help you navigate cultural nuances with empathy and understanding. Together, we’ll explore how to approach each client with humility, recognizing that your own perspective is just one piece of the puzzle. By the end of this module, you’ll be better prepared to foster an environment where clients feel seen, heard, and respected—because when we honor their culture, we open the door to deeper healing and stronger connections.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this module is to understand cultural diversity, cultural biases, how culture affects recovery, and how the role of the Recovery Specialist changes when working with multicultural clients/families.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Define culture, cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competence, micro culture, macro culture, cultural bias, cultural humility and cultural stigma.

  • Explain cultural diversity through macro and micro culture.

  • Provide at least two examples of cultural differences, cultural biases, and how culture may affect recovery.

  • Describe at least two ways to increase cultural awareness, competence, sensitivity and humility.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Judith Lessing Landau, MD, DPM, LMFT, CFLE, CIP, CAI, CRS
Nanette Zumwalt, CADC, CCJP, CIP, CRS

Financially Sponsored By

  • International Recovery Institute