Cultural Competence Haily Carter December 19‚ 2008 University of Phoenix CNSL/557 Colleen Moore Cultural Competence Culture is defined as the beliefs‚ values‚ and norm people of a particular group share. One aspect of training culturally competent counselors is making sure they are aware of their own culture and how it has shaped their beliefs and values. The beliefs and values individuals have define how they see the world and what they view on being important. An example of this is how a
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Cultural self awareness is essential to human existence. It is not easy for us to understand other’s culture if we ourselves are not aware of our own. It is also important when we interact with other people from other culture. Every one of us has a different culture which can be based by our own daily experiences and also depends on how the society shaped us on how to behave and act appropriately. This essay states that culture‚ knowledge‚ experience and behaviour are associated within me and the
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ABSTRACT The cultural competence approach has grown significantly in the North American human service professions. The reliance of social workers on cultural awareness to block the influence of their own culture in the helping process entails three problematic and conflicting assumptions‚ namely‚ the notion of human being as cultural artifact‚ the use of self as a technique for transcending cultural bias‚ and the subject-object dichotomy as a defining structure of the worker-client relationship
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Self Awareness and Cultural Ienditiy I am a 27 year old female who was born into a white‚ middle class‚ college educated family. My family’s cultural background is made up of Eastern and Western European nationalities. The largest percentage of my ethnic background is Lithuanian‚ but there is also a mixture of English‚ Irish‚ Danish‚ Scottish‚ and French. For the most part my ethnic background has not played a large part of who I am today. I am a fifth generation American so our family has long
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Cultural Self-Awareness We live in a world that is culturally diverse. Cultural diversity includes different cultures‚ groups‚ communities‚ ethnicities‚ religions‚ and forms of communication‚ along with cultural values and norms. Living in such diverse society‚ it is important that we learn to respect each other’s differences. When I think of the term "culturally different‚" I immediately think of a group of individuals who face a number of challenges‚ such as acceptance and discrimination
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and personalities‚ our habits and values. Many of us are not inclined to spend time on self reflection. Even when personal feedback is presented to us‚ we are not always open to it because honest feedback is not always flattering. Self awareness can improve our judgment and help us identify opportunities for professional development and personal growth... “Counselors with well developed emotional self awareness are more effective intuitive decision makers. Intuitive qualities create a “gut feeling”
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How might developing cultural competence improve mental health services? Word Count 1692 Submission Date – 27th November 2012 Culture plays an important part in the development of a persons’ identity‚ relationships and influences behaviour (The Open University‚ 2010‚ p.74). Spencer (2003) states that the UK has become more culturally diverse based on varying factors such as economic‚ social and cultural globilisation; as a result of globilisation processes‚ boundaries that traditionally
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Human Relations: Cultural Awareness Throughout the semester the subjects and content in Human Relations has ranged from the BaaFaa BaaFaa activity‚ the Star Power activity‚ the White Privilege article‚ teacher beliefs and expectation articles‚ Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes video‚ Cycle of Socialization‚ and the Iceberg article. These activities have all contributed to the theme of cultural awareness. Cultural Awareness ranges from knowing and understanding ones own culture to understanding another’s
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74-84 Cultural Awareness and Translation Teaching at Higher Vocational College: Problems and Solutions Xuelian He Quzhou College of Technology‚ Quzhou‚ Zhejiang‚ China Email: angelaxl@163.com Abstract—In this paper‚ an investigation has been done on culture knowledge acquisition and cultural awareness of English majors at Higher Vocational College by taking the students at Quzhou College of Technology as the subjects. The problem of lack of culture knowledge and cultural awareness has been
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Xavier’s College | Self Awareness | Emotional Intelligence | | Chrysella Vaz 728Anisha Salgaonkar 723Natasha Fernandes 711Daniel Pereira 717 | | | | Self Awareness is having a clear perception of your personality‚ including strengths‚ weaknesses‚ thoughts‚ beliefs‚ motivation‚ and emotions. Self Awareness allows you to understand other people‚ how they perceive you‚ your attitude and your responses to them in the moment. We might quickly assume that we are self aware‚ but it is
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