Although clients share certain characteristics with a group attention should be paid to the individual’s experience of their difference not to carry preconceived ideas about them. For example not to assume all Indian client lives in a large expended family or all immigrants don’t work. From a client view point resistance may exist initially towards a counsellor who does not share their culture such as race, religion or gender. A Japanese businessman may, for instance, view a female counsellor as sub servant. A client past relationships may impact on the age or gender of their preferred counsellor as it may remind them of someone in a positive or negative manner.
But some adults, for example disabled people or older people, are often discouraged from taking risks. Traditionally they are not encouraged to take risks in areas such as budgeting, planning, employment and daily living skills. This may be either because of their perceived limitations or fear that they or others might be harmed. Everyone has a right to take risks and make decisions about their lives. There is a balance to be found between service user’s participation in everyday activities and your duty of care.
The effects could be: - * Physical – Signs of poor health, self harming, attempting suicide * Emotional – Loss of self worth, leading to physical trauma * Social – Social exclusion, no one to talk to, lack of friends * Intellectual – Not wanting to learn & Withdrawing from places of learning Discrimination come in different forms: - Gender Religion Age Race Sexuality 1.3 Inclusive practice is about the attitudes & approaches taken to ensure that people are not excluded or isolated. It means supporting diversity by accepting and welcoming people’s differences, and promoting equality by ensuring equal opportunities for all. Having a sound awareness of and responding sensitively to an individual’s needs supports them in developing a sense of belonging, well-being and confidence in their identity and abilities. And it helps them to achieve their potential and be an equal within the
The purpose of this paper is to portray the reaction triggered upon reading Peter M. Whiteley’s "Ties that bind: Hopi gift culture and its first encounter with the United States". One often thinks that gift-giving is an obligation without reciprocal reaction, being taught that it is always better to give than to receive. But upon studying other cultures one can discover that gifts can surprisingly have a much deeper meaning in both social and political environments. Whiteley introduces Hopi culture as one that measures wealth in ritual and ceremonial terms rather than material ones. This is why gifts in Hopi culture are meant to be meaningful in the spiritual realm rather than in the material.
EGT1 -Economics and Global Business Task 4 Introduction China is the world’s leading nation in terms of population measure. As of the year 1990, the country had a population of 1,133,682,501 people. This has recorded continued growth of approximately 15 million people annually since then. Therefore, their government has placed a considerable amount of effort in ensuring that the Chinese population lives a better life. However, the process of ensuring this size of a population has a decent and high standard of living has posed a big challenge.
Self-control—the ability to regulate what you say and how you act—is related to strong family bonds and low family conflict; empathy, the ability to understand the perspectives of other people; low levels of anger and aggression; and the ability to take responsibility for your failings.” (Sole, 2011, sect 3.2) In the scene in the movie, Hitch, it is evident that Sara did not exercise control of herself, either verbally or emotionally. It is important to approach conflict, or potential conflict with a level head and calmly. Raising your voice, changing your tone, taking an aggressive stance, and not allowing the other party to communicate their feelings all contribute to a breakdown in communication. In this scene, Sara essentially ends their relationship without any input from Hitch. Later in the movie they reconcile, after she allows Hitch to explain and hears his side of the story but, this all could have been avoided by her just approaching the situation with the intention to
In order to accept a life of obedience, drudgery, and fear, the people of Equality 7-2521’s society follow ideas of Collectivism, Altruism, and Conformity which eliminate the thought of opposition to the leaders, also known as the World Council. Collectivism creates a tie between man and a group of people comparable to Anthem. Altruism creates a feeling opposite of individualism also similar to Anthem, where the people do not have their own thoughts or even have the knowledge of whether they could ever choose Transgression of Preference. Conformity is one of the key aspects of life in Equality’s society which the members of the World Council depend on and one reason why the people do not oppose anything they say. As a result, the people of Anthem’s society live a life whose purpose is not for them individually or for their own self-interest, but for the sake of the World Council and their “brothers.” Instead of living by one’s own mind, society as a whole in Anthem follows a strict policy of Collectivism for the sake of “the common good.” In addition to forcing occupations on the people, the World Council keeps a strong hold of everyone’s daily schedule so that their future plans can not be affected in any way.
Though Tan’s and Alexie’s different culture are what set them apart from the American culture, they still seek to become part of that culture; however, they come to learn that in the end, you can’t be someone you’re not. As Chinese people, we are taught to date within our race because it’s our way of life and not get plastic surgery because God made us who we are an we should keep it that way. But when you’re Chinese American living in American and the American culture is what’s in front of you from the time you get to school until the time you get back from school and watch American television, you start to feel the American culture overshadowing your everyday thinking of who you really are. Are you Chinese on the inside and Chinese on the outside or are you Chinese inside and American outside? This is the problem young Amy Tan faces as she grows up in Oakland, CA.
Multicultural Awareness Nicole Barnes Walden University Multicultural Awareness Mental health counselor, one must consider the socio-cultural context of the client when conceptualizing client cases in choosing interventions (Laureate Inc., 2010). While being aware of the client’s socio-cultural context, it is equally important to be aware of one’s own, with its bias’ and beliefs so that the client conceptualization is not influenced by a lack of self-awareness (Laureate Inc., 2010). In order to effectively gain an understanding of one’s multicultural awareness and cultural competence a mental health counselor should participate in a self assessment. Multicultural self assessments should assist the mental health counselor in gaining and understanding of who they are, what they believe in, and how to separate those personal aspects from the counseling process (Laureate Inc., 2010). After administering a multicultural self assessment provided by Petrone, my hypothesis concerning my level of multicultural awareness and competence was found to be null.
The ADA is important because one out of every five Americans is disabled in the United States, about 54 million people! (American Disability Act, 2009) Both Affirmative Action and the ADA serve a large population in the United States and without these initiatives millions of Americans would fall between the cracks. The ADA and Affirmative Action have large gaps in policies, laws, and procedures. The ADA and Affirmative Action need to continue to work on closing those caps so that every American in the United States is treated equally and given the same opportunities. Ms.