Special Events

“Beyond Cultural Competency: What’s Next?”

April 29, 2010 at the Holiday Inn North at the Pyramids, Indianapolis.

9th Annual Indiana Conference on Cultural Competency for Behavioral Healthcare.

The conference will seek to:

· Identify challenges in implementing strategies toward cultural competency;

· Create awareness of benefits that accrue from being culturally competent;

· Improve the quality of service and health outcomes through cultural competence;

· Enhance leadership involvement in cultural competence through leadership commitment.

Keynote speaker will be none-other- than the 16th Surgeon General of the United States,
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D, FAAFP, FACPM, FACP

Presenters: Cultural Competency and Behavioral Health (Panel) -
Shelvy Keglar, Ph.D., Steven Kimani, M.D., and Kinzua LeSuer, M.S, LMFT

Cultural Competency and Religion (Panel) -
Darla Cohen, M.D., Eydie L. Farrell, M.B.A., and Karen Moustafa Leonard, Ph.D.

Cultural Competency and the Bottom-line - Mary G. Austrom Ph.D.

Diverse Perspectives: Faces of the World- Bernard Baca, Ph.D., LCSW, and Ms. Marilyn Caruthers

What has Worked and What’s Next? (Panel) George Rausch, Ed.D., Ms. Monica Medina, Kenneth Durgan, Ed.D, and Debra Simmons-Wilson, MCRP