Cultural Competency in Disability Trauma Flashcards
6 cards from real CDT practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
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How should a CDT practitioner address language barriers when serving clients with disabilities who are not fluent in English?
Answer: Arrange for qualified interpreters and provide materials in the client's preferred language
Using qualified interpreters and accessible language materials ensures informed consent and accurate clinical communication while respecting cultural and linguistic needs.
What is historical trauma and why is it critical knowledge for CDT practitioners?
Answer: Cumulative trauma experienced across generations from mass group trauma events such as slavery, genocide, or forced institutionalization
Historical trauma — as described by Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart — accumulates across generations and affects communities through shared grief, loss, and unresolved mourning.
When a client from a collectivist cultural background involves family in trauma treatment decisions, how should a CDT practitioner respond?
Answer: Respect the family-centered decision-making while ensuring the client's individual rights are protected
Collectivist cultures often prioritize family and community over individual decision-making, and culturally competent practitioners balance respecting this while safeguarding individual rights.
How does the concept of 'microaggressions' apply to the experiences of people with disabilities in the U.S.?
Answer: Subtle, often unintentional slights or invalidations based on disability status can accumulate as a form of chronic trauma
Disability microaggressions — such as speaking to a companion instead of the disabled person — represent chronic stressors that compound trauma over time.
What culturally competent approach is recommended when working with LGBTQ+ individuals who also have disabilities and trauma histories?
Answer: Affirm all aspects of identity and recognize the compounded discrimination and trauma from multiple marginalized identities
LGBTQ+ individuals with disabilities face compounded marginalization, and affirmative, intersectional practice requires integrating all aspects of identity in assessment and treatment.
Why is the concept of 'nothing about us without us' central to culturally competent CDT practice?
Answer: People with disabilities must be included as active participants in decisions about their care, policies, and programs
This disability rights principle demands that people with disabilities have meaningful voice and agency in all decisions that affect them, preventing paternalistic practice.