Name
WHY and HOW of Cultural Adaptations: learnings from the F-Words
Date & Time
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Description

Vanessa Tomas, Postdoctoral Researcher
CanChild, McMaster University; Children's Treatment Network; Rehabilitation Centre for Children

Munira Khilji, Manager, Entry to School and Case Management
The SAAAC Autism Centre

Raian Othman, Managing Director
SMILE Canada – Support Services

Amber King-Robitaille, Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Coordinator,
CHIGAMIK Community Health Centre

Tara Kydd, Client Service Coordinator,
George Jeffrey Children's Centre 

Being socially and culturally responsive involves respecting and valuing individual’s and families’ beliefs and traditions and being responsive to their needs and context, in turn, enabling providers to deliver clinical care in safer ways. Adaptations are helpful to ensure culturally and socially responsive implementation of the F-Words for Child Development Framework. This panel shares key learnings and successful strategies around adaptations that contribute to improving clinical services.