


| Waldo Alvarado during presentation at the Student PSEA Conference in State College, PA April 2009. |

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| Send inquiries and comments to: waldo@crossculturalskills.com Updated: 8/04/09 |
| It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change Charles Darwin |


| Diversity goes beyond Race and Ethnicity. The culturally competent professional uses the acronym ADDRESSING to remind people that they need to consider other aspects of individual and group differences: Age and generational influences Developmental and acquired Disabilities (cognitive, physical, learning, psychological) Religion and spirituality Ethnicity Socioeconomic status/class Sexual orientation/identity Indigenous heritage (First Nations, Aboriginal, American Indian, Alaska Native, Inuit, Métis, Mestiso, Native Hawai’ian, Samoan, Chamorro people of Guam, Anu people of Japan, among others) National origin (including immigrants, emigrants, refugees and visitors of whatever duration) Gender identity/orientation |