The Color Purple
The Color Purple
BSHS 422
May 7, 2012
Erik Holmgren
The Color Purple
Human service specialists need to be proficient in different cultures. By being aware of how different cultures think and react it allows for the delivery of services to be accurate. Cultural competency is described as. “The understanding of diverse attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, practices, and communication patterns attributable to a variety of factors (such as race, ethnicity, religion, SES, historical and social context, physical or mental ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or generational and acculturation status” (Cross-Cultural Care, 2012). People who work in the human service field must be able to deliver professional services and be able to work well with many different cultures therefore able to work with the diversity of different beliefs, behaviors, and value systems. In this paper Team B will evaluate the characters Celie and Mr. (Albert). We will go over the cultural issues that Celie and Mr. (Albert) have. They will work through a plan that will be developed using culturally competent services for the characters, develop culturally competent strategies to address those issues, explore the richness of cultural diversity, and the benefits, and drawbacks as portrayed by Celie and Mr. (Albert).
Plan for Culturally Competent Services
In today’s culturally diverse populations, it can be difficult to formulate a treatment plan that works universally. By the time all diverse aspects are considered, treatment plans that may work for one culture do not always help another. Problems and issues may be the same, but reactions to treatments can differ. Most generally there is more than one issue that needs to be addressed in order to help a client overcome physical and mental barriers that prevent him or her from leading a fulfilling life. To create a treatment plan for Celia, the clinician would need to take into consideration sex, race, sexuality, education, and abuse just to
BSHS 422
May 7, 2012
Erik Holmgren
The Color Purple
Human service specialists need to be proficient in different cultures. By being aware of how different cultures think and react it allows for the delivery of services to be accurate. Cultural competency is described as. “The understanding of diverse attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, practices, and communication patterns attributable to a variety of factors (such as race, ethnicity, religion, SES, historical and social context, physical or mental ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or generational and acculturation status” (Cross-Cultural Care, 2012). People who work in the human service field must be able to deliver professional services and be able to work well with many different cultures therefore able to work with the diversity of different beliefs, behaviors, and value systems. In this paper Team B will evaluate the characters Celie and Mr. (Albert). We will go over the cultural issues that Celie and Mr. (Albert) have. They will work through a plan that will be developed using culturally competent services for the characters, develop culturally competent strategies to address those issues, explore the richness of cultural diversity, and the benefits, and drawbacks as portrayed by Celie and Mr. (Albert).
Plan for Culturally Competent Services
In today’s culturally diverse populations, it can be difficult to formulate a treatment plan that works universally. By the time all diverse aspects are considered, treatment plans that may work for one culture do not always help another. Problems and issues may be the same, but reactions to treatments can differ. Most generally there is more than one issue that needs to be addressed in order to help a client overcome physical and mental barriers that prevent him or her from leading a fulfilling life. To create a treatment plan for Celia, the clinician would need to take into consideration sex, race, sexuality, education, and abuse just to