April 1, 2021

Advancing workplace diversity through the Culturally Responsive Teamwork Framework

The following article has just been accepted for publication: Hopf, S. C., Crowe, K., Verdon, S., Blake, H. L. & McLeod, S. (2021, accepted March). Advancing workplace diversity through the Culturally Responsive Teamwork Framework. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Here is the abstract: 

Purpose: Diversification of the profession is an important element of combating racism, bias, and prejudice in the speech-language pathology workforce at national and systemic levels. However, national and systemic change needs to be combined with equipping individual speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to adapt to the challenges that they face to engaging in culturally responsive practice. This paper presents four interacting levels of practice within the Culturally Responsive Teamwork Framework (CRTF): (1) intra-personal practices, (2) inter-personal practices, (3) intra-professional practices, and (4) the inter-professional practices.
Conclusion: CRTF is a practical, strengths-based framework that draws on international research and expertise to expand personal and professional practice and describe critical behaviors within the workplace that can be used to promote principles of evidence-based practice and social justice, especially when working with people from non-dominant cultural or linguistic groups.
Culturally Responsive Teamwork Framework (CRTF)
(reproduced with permission from Hopf, Crowe, Verdon, Blake, & McLeod, 2021)