“…Cultural competence has been defined as "a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system or agency or among professionals and enable the system, agency, or profes sionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations" (National Association of Social Workers [NASW], 2001, p. 11). Social work professionals acquire cultural competence through two gen eralized methods: social work education programs and continuing education or postgraduation professional development opportunities (Teasley, 2005). The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) created Standard 1234 in 1971 directing social work education to conduct programs without "discrimination on the basis of race, creed, ethnic origin, age, or sex" (Jani, Pierce, Ortiz, & Sowbel, 2011, p. 287).…”