Multicultural Resource Information Links

Access for Autistic Youth from the American Cultural Exchange: Information in English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Somali. Much of the information is focused on King County, but has good Washington State and national resource lists as well. Phone: 1-800-328-8476 or 206- 217-9644. (website is currently not up)
Autism Speaks – Manual De Los 100 Dias: Created for families with children age 4 and younger to help them through the first 100 days after an autism diagnosis
CHADD Spanish
Community Profiles – Cross Cultural Health Care Programs: Scroll down to download these profiles (pdf): Arab, Cambodian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Lao, Mien, Oromo, Samoan, Somali, South Asian, Soviet Jewish and Ukrainian.
Considering Culture in Autism Screening Products
Culture Clues are tip sheets for clinicians designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by the University of Washington Medical Center.
Cultural Values of Latino Patients and Families / Dimensions of Culture
Culture Specific Pages – Ethnomed
Empathy from Dr. Brene Brown: Spanish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D1KgjvaZgM English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
Engaging Culturally Diverse Families for Student Success
Got Transition (Spanish)
Hablamos Juntos (Spanish for “We Speak Together”) is a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education & Research for the purpose of developing affordable models for language access. The Spanish language version of the birth-to-three parent-child activity materials are now available for downloading on the Washington Learning Systems website.
Healthcare411in Spanish – A new audio news series that provides Spanish speakers with evidence-based consumer information including how to obtain high quality, safe healthcare. Access Healthcare411 in English.
Healthfinder.gov: A Spanish-language website that helps consumers track down reliable health information quickly and easily on the Internet.
Informing Families: Information and Resources for families supporting real lives across the life course (Translation to Spanish)
La Mente Es Maravillosa – Articles about human nature, spiritual growth & intellectual development (blog)
La Única – Spanish instruction and travel center in Tacoma. Classes in communicating with Spanish speaking students and their parents available.
Manual De Cuerpos Sanos- Healthy Body Toolkit for Girls and Boys from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Multicultural Health – A Guide for Health Professionals: From Queensland Health
National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families
National Researched-based Practice Guides & Tools – Working with Culturally Diverse Families – PACER Center
Padres a Padres del Condado de Whatcom-Programas de Apoyo
Tools That Empower Spanish-Speaking Parents – From the Center for Parent Information and Resources
Transition in Spanish (Children’s Village-Yakima)
Translated Publications offered by PACER (Hmong, Somali, Spanish)
Understood.org – English and Spanish resource. Information about the school system in Special Education, stories from parents and students and much more. Easy to understand and navigate. How we can be a good advocate for our children using the same language as the professionals use.
WA Office of the Education Ombuds