Serving Culturally Diverse Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Their Families

Nothing less than a high level of preparedness will enable practitioners to develop unbiased interventions that competently weigh cultural influences and target the needs of diverse children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Cartledge, Kea, and Simmons-Reed present the need for culturally competent practitioners in the area of serious emotional disturbance, ways in which service providers can increase their cultural knowledge, and strategies for more effective service with this population.