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This training will consist of structured activities and discussions that address the five cultural competencies adopted by Early Childhood Iowa:
Individual:
1. Awareness and acceptance of differences
2. Awareness of own cultural values
3. Understanding dynamics of differences
4. Development of cultural knowledge
5. Ability to adapt practice to the cultural context of children and families
Organizational:
1. Valuing diversity
2. Cultural self-assessment
3. Managing the dynamics of differences
4. Institutionalization of cultural knowledge
5. Adaptation to diversity in policies, values, structure, and service
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