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Dr. Samantha Sweeney on raising 'Culturally Competent Kids'

From WAMC Northeast Public Radio

"On this week’s 51%, we chat with psychologist Dr. Samantha Sweeney about why teaching your kids to celebrate diversity is important to their success as adults – and how to do it. Sweeney lays out a guide for parents in her new book Culturally Competent Kids: Raising Children to Thrive in a Diverse World."

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This book is for the parent who knows that culture is important. It is for the parent who wants to teach their child about the world around them, but doesn’t know where to start. Let this book be your starting point and your guide.

The goal of Culturally Competent Kids is to help you raise your children to become adults who respect and celebrate differences, rather than simply tolerating them.

Research shows that while biases begin to develop at age 6, their origins begin much earlier. Unfortunately, diversity and culture are treated as though they are “grownup” concepts, as if children don’t recognize that diversity is all around them. Human beings naturally categorize and your kids will develop preferences, prejudices, and opinions about people who are different from them. Therefore, it is important for parents to take an active role in helping their children see, understand, and develop their understanding of people and cultures that are different. 

As Dr. Sweeney says, “We don’t have to all be friends, or even like each other, to treat each other with respect.”

This book provides a science-based framework with ideas and options to explore as you embark on this cultural competence journey with your kids and also with yourself.

About the Author 

Dr. Samantha Sweeney is a licensed psychologist, author, and educator in Washington, DC. She has a private practice on Capitol Hill serving kids, families, and adults. Her first book, Working With Worry: A Workbook for Parents on How to Support Anxious Children, gives parents practical tools to support their children. She is a cultural competence expert dedicated to helping kids and parents develop this essential skill through consultations, presentations and workshops.

A book for parents that provides a science-based framework 

Culturally Competent Kids is for the parent who knows that culture is important. 

It is for the parent who wants to teach their child about the world around them, but doesn’t know where to start. Let this book be your starting point and your guide.

The goal of Culturally Competent Kids is to help you raise your children to become adults who respect and celebrate differences, rather than simply tolerating them.

Research shows that while biases begin to develop at age 6, their origins begin much earlier. Unfortunately, diversity and culture are treated as though they are “grownup” concepts, as if children don’t recognize that diversity is all around them. Human beings naturally categorize and your kids will develop preferences, prejudices, and opinions about people who are different from them. Therefore, it is important for parents to take an active role in helping their children see, understand, and develop their understanding of people and cultures that are different. 

As the author, Dr. Sweeney says, “We don’t have to all be friends, or even like each other, to treat each other with respect.”

In the clip below, she introduces the book. 

About the Author 

Dr. Samantha Sweeney is a licensed psychologist, author, and educator in Washington, DC. She has a private practice on Capitol Hill serving kids, families, and adults. Her first book, Working With Worry: A Workbook for Parents on How to Support Anxious Children, gives parents practical tools to support their children. She is a cultural competence expert dedicated to helping kids and parents develop this essential skill through consultations, presentations and workshops.

Licensed psychologist, author, and educator based in Washington, DC, Dr. Samantha Sweeney joins The Perkins Platform to share her work and discuss anxiety in children and some of the potential causes behind its rise. Dr. Sweeney has a private practice on Capitol Hill, where she supports children, families, and adults. She holds a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Maryland and a psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her background includes work in both public and private schools, with experience as a preschool teacher, school psychologist, researcher, and university instructor. An expert in cultural competence, she is passionate about helping families raise confident, inclusive children.

Dr. Sweeney is the author of Working With Worry: A Workbook for Parents on How to Support Anxious Children, and her upcoming book, Culturally Competent Kids, is designed to help families thrive in a diverse world. In therapy, she focuses on empowerment, connection, and honoring the whole person behind the challenges they face. 

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About The Perkins Platform

In its 13th year, The Perkins Platform is a series of expertly facilitated conversations with world experts in a variety of disciplines. These conversations illuminate problems, issues and solutions faced and considered by aspiring and veteran leaders.

AN EASY-TO-READ GUIDE ABOUT PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, AND BABY CARE

 

All you need to know to make healthy choices that feel right for you before, during, and after pregnancy.

• - Sexual health – family planning before, during, and after pregnancy. How to track periods, avoid STIs, and take care of your body.
  
  
• - Pregnancy – how a baby forms and grows, and how your body changes in pregnancy. All about prenatal care, such as prenatal tests and what to expect at checkups.
  
  
• - Staying healthy – exercise, healthy eating, vaccines, avoiding germs, and making healthy habits. Tips for coping with hard feelings and mood changes.
  
  
• - Birth – how to get ready and what to expect for vaginal and c-section births. Labor tips, coping with pain, and important things to know. Also covers how to help your body heal after birth.
  
  
• - Baby – all about how to take care of your newborn. Covers breastfeeding, bottle feeding, circumcision, vaccines, car seats, and how to keep your new baby healthy and safe.

Also includes tips for partners, checklists, a glossary, and a list of resources to find more help. 

About the Authors

Jenny B. Harvey brings experience in human development, family support, injury prevention, perinatal health, and infant care. Jenny has spent her career supporting, educating, and empowering families to be healthy, safe, and happy.

Deborah D. Stewart has made a career of making complex information understandable as a health professional and advocate for children's safety. She spent time in the Peace Corps and with Planned Parenthood, working in family planning and nutrition in both organizations. In the last decade she has focused on the health issues of mothers and children from pregnancy through the early years of childhood. 

With our partners at the Self-Management Resource Center, we offer the Chronic Disease Self-Management Tool Kit, Diabetes Self-Management Tool Kit, Chronic Pain Self-Management Tool Kit, and Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program for participants learning independently or at home.

Below are the details for each: 

The Diabetes Self-Management Tool Kit includes the following materials and is priced at $58.95 each. A Spanish Diabetes Tool Kit is also available.

The Chronic Pain Self-Management Tool Kit includes the following materials and is priced at $53.95 each:

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You can reach participants online or at home with our Self-Management Digital Tool Kits. 

This is the Chronic Disease Self-Management Digital Tool Kit for participants learning online or at home.

A Digital Tool Kit comes with all the same materials as our regular tool kit, but all content is delivered electronically via a code.
 
Chronic Disease Self-Management Digital Tool Kit includes:
 
1. Book: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 5th Edition (PDF file)
2. Booklet: Self-Test, Tip Sheets & Exercise Booklet (PDF file)
3. Audio: Relaxation for Mind & Body (stream online or download)
4. Audio: Exercises for Chronic Conditions (stream online or download)

This Digital Tool Kit is priced at $64.95 each -- $51.96 after the 20% discount on our website. Up to 40% discount when ordered in bulk quantities.

We have several Digital Tool Kits available for purchase from the Tool Kit catalog page.
 
If you want the digital option, select the number of Digital Kits and add them to your cart. All content is delivered electronically via a code. 

Our Digital Tool Kits include: 

• - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program 
   
• - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program - Spanish
   
• - Chronic Pain Self-Management Program
   
• - Diabetes Self-Management Program
   
• - Diabetes Self-Management Program - Spanish
   
• - Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program

Many participants in Self-Management Programs no longer listen to CDs. They want to listen to audio programs on a computer, phone, or handheld device.

We are happy to offer this! We have codes to purchase in bulk. These codes allow participants to listen to our audio programs online or on a device.

How do audio programs work? 

When you purchase bulk codes, you receive a spreadsheet by email containing one code per participant. Discounts of up to 40% off for bulk purchases apply. 

You can then email each participant one code to redeem their audiobook. 

We currently offer codes for the following audio programs:

• - Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 5th Edition (audiobook
• - Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain, 2nd Edition (audiobook)
• - Relaxation for Mind and Body (relaxation audio program
• - Exercises for Chronic Conditions (exercise audio program)

In Spanish: 

• - Relajación para la mente y el cuerpo (relaxation audio program
• - ¡Hagamos Ejercicio! (exercise audio program)

How do participants listen to audio? 

1. Stream Online

A participant uses a code to log in. The audio program is embedded in the webpage. Select a chapter and press the red arrow to play. 

2. Download for later use 

If a participant wants to download an audio program for later use offline, this option is available. We provide instructions for downloading audio.

If you have other questions that aren't covered, please ask. You can Emily or Claire (sales@bullpub.com) any time.

Our book, The Last Things We Talk About: Your Guide to End of Life Transitions by Elizabeth Boatwright, is reviewed in the recent issue of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors Journal.

The review isn't available online, but we are thrilled to read that reviewer John "Skip" Frenzel, of Agape Long Term Care, uses the book in his work as a consultant. 

Among other things, Frenzel says the book is, "thorough and covers many details that are often overlooked . . . I strongly recommend it." 

More about The Last Things We Talk About: Your Guide to End of Life Transitions by Elizabeth Boatwright.

Thank you to the School Library Journal for including WORKING WITH WORRY in their recent feature.

12 Books to Get Parents Through COVID-19 and Beyond

They describe WORKING WITH WORRY as a, "hands-on workbook on coping with anxiety, chock-full of ideas that are easy to understand and implement."