Therapeutic Milieu: A Safe Cultural Environment

Assessment Paper Amrita Grewal

Domenica Giacomini CYW 300 November 27, 2014
The therapeutic milieu is an environment where a client and health care professional interact in the course of alteration and growth. A child and youth worker takes on a critical role in the process of educating, healing, recovering and rehabilitation. The environment is divided in to five fundamental elements which are; physical, emotional, social, cultural and ideological. They are shown overlapping each other in the text because each is dependent on the other. If the environment does not meet the need of a child during treatment under these elements, the
A safe cultural environment is a place where there is no physical or emotional threatening because of individual differences. The classroom is very diverse due to the fact that the community the school is placed in is multicultural. In the classroom there is no emotional or physical harm because of someones racial, ethnic or group membership. No group member seems to be withdrawing from the social milieu because of his culture or differences because once again the class is diverse. While I have been in this class I have not heard an adult or student make a comment that is racist. If someone was to make a racist comment, the adults will for sure respond immediately, it would be taken very serious because every human being has the same rights as the next one does even if they are not from the same background. Cultural inclusiveness is cultural awareness and diversity training introduced to members. Students talk about their cultures openly. For example they talk to each other about what they do over their holidays. The children seem interested in each others cultural differences especially when it comes to the fun festivities. At the moment there is no time set to discuss issues about cultural diversity. One thing which takes place in a lot of schools and communities is stereotyping, in this classroom there is no one in the classroom who is stereotyped because they have not been exposed to
Safety in the ideological element of the environment is existing. When children share their ideas or present their current beliefs, they are encouraged to stick with them and not discouraged. These ideas, topics and beliefs of a child are valued. Inclusivity exists for example if I child believes that Santa Claus is real he or she is able to talk openly about it with others. The students are aware of the rules and regulation of the school and they thus far have agreed to them. The school could strengthen their value to meet affirmation needs. Recommendations to help strengthen the ideological milieu are; sometime during the day should be used to discuss things which are taking place in society and in their lives. Children should be included in the process of revising rules. Allow students to take part in their spirituality at