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CSAP’S Northeast CAPT Cultural Adaptation Audioconference

Monday, August 25, 2003 Conference Transcript

12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M., Eastern Time

Overview:

Cultural adaptation involves the inclusion of participants' values, traditions and cultural perspective in the curriculum or model program. Research on model programs indicates that not all model programs are effective with different ethnic populations. Although some model programs have culturally specific components, it is still important to localize the program and make the appropriate cultural adaptations. Research also shows that culturally adapted model programs have a larger effect size. This audio conference is for LEAs and recipients of Grants to Reduce Substance Abuse who are interested in culturally adapting model programs while maintaining program fidelity and evaluating effectiveness. The specific content will focus on questions submitted by participants prior to the teleconference.

Objectives:

• Participants will identify guidelines for culturally adapting model programs including planning, implementing core components with fidelity and evaluation

• Participants will increase their understanding of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program, an example of a model program that has been effectively adapted and implemented with several different cultural groups.

• Participants will identify the barriers and solutions to culturally adapting model programs

• Participants will increase their understanding of cultural inclusion and its role in cultural adaptation

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions –Deborah McLean Leow, Associate Director of the NECAPT and Aurora Matzkin, Northeast GRAAP Training and TA Coordinator

• Overview of CSAP efforts in Model Program Dissemination and Cultural Adaptation – Pam Wilcox

• Overview of Cultural Adaptation: How to Move Cultural Adaptation Off the Page and Into Living Form – Lynn McDonald

• Example: Cultural Adaptations in the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program – Pat Davenport

• Review of participant questions and discussion topics – Lynn McDonald, Pat Davenport and Etta Atkinson

• Discussion of participants questions – all participants – Lynn McDonald, Pat Davenport, and Etta Atkinson

• Closure – Deborah McLean Leow and Aurora Matzkin

Presenters:

Etta Atkinson

Pat Davenport

Lynn McDonald

Pamela Wilcox

Resourses:
Handouts and Overheads

Lynn McDonald
• Adapting FAST Core Components
• Adapting FAST Goals and Values
• Adapting FAST Cultural Adaptation

Pat Davenport
• FAST Lessons Learned Slides

Families and Schools Together FAST Program

• Families and Schools Together Web Site:
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/projects/projects.php?project_num=64

• Model Programs Website:
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov

Additional Resources
SAMHSA Model Programs With Outcomes in Ethnic Populations

US Department of Health and Human Services and Samhsa's National
Clearinghouse: Culture and Prevention.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov

Connecting Science to Service, a document that highlights how the
SAMHSA Model Programs National Dissemination System helps meet
the needs of communities.
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov