Key Concepts: This lesson defines what is meant by the term culture. It will also provide readings about how culture influences human functioning, such as intelligence, math abilities, and color recognition. It concludes with a demonstration of the role of culture within our personal and professional lives.

Key Concept: This lesson focuses on defining culture, race and ethnicity within the American social context. It demonstrates how each element affects certain sub-populations including access to services and their overall health status.

Key Concepts: This lesson highlights the importance of accessibility and its impacts on culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. It also identifies culturally-considerate items specific to working with African American, Asian and Pacific Islander, Latino, and Native American populations. Additionally, it focuses on identifying strategies for increasing access to mental health services for typically underserved populations.

Key Concepts: This module introduces the importance of utilization and its impacts on culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. It includes cultural considerations for African, Asian and Pacific Islander, Latino and Native American populations, specifically their use of their mental health services. Availability as a direct service domain component within the Cultural Competence Model will be explained.