2-1 Intervention Strategies

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PSY 636 Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt

As part of this course, you must write short papers on different topics pertaining to intervention strategies. While the topics vary, your papers, at a minimum, should do the following:

• Answer the question or address the issue(s) the instructions describe.
• Include your perspective, when applicable, and share your opinion or explain your rationale for your position.
• Be sure to support your responses with scholarly research, and include references and citations for material presented that is not your own original work. You can use the first person (I, my, etc.) to indicate your opinion in lieu of listing yourself as a source.

What to Submit

Short papers should follow these formatting guidelines: 2–4 pages, double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA format.

Short Paper Rubric

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Article: Teaching Children About Diversity Read this article to explore the concept of connecting with kids and parents within different cultures. This resource will help you complete the short paper assignment.

Shapiro Library Article: Ethnic Diversity and Inclusive School Environments This article provides suggestions on how schools can provide inclusive environments that support ethnic diversity. This resource will help you complete the short paper and Milestone One assignments.

Video: Cultural Diversity Tips (cc) (5:01) Watch this video to learn about tips for communicating with cultural awareness. This resource will be used to complete the short paper Students may experience varying amounts of time for this resource to load, depending on the speed of their internet connection. This video is 5 minutes and 1 second in length.

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Cultural Diversity

Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness

When treating a child or adolescent, one should be keenly aware of his or her cultural background, as this is a critical factor in truly understanding the child or adolescent. Cultural understanding is important for a multitude of reasons. Culture assists in shaping one’s personal, familial, and social views and perception of the world and how it works. Understanding various cultures helps a professional clearly understand how people might interpret their own environments. This understanding of other cultures generates a better clinical picture of children and adolescents, and it ultimately enables a professional to develop a more involved relationship with the child or adolescent.

While it is important for a professional to be aware of the cultural background of the child or adolescent, a vital piece is cultural competence with one’s own cultural beliefs. It is imperative for one to be aware of one’s own culture in order to recognize that people from other cultures may not share the same beliefs.

The professional will work on developing a sense of acceptance, removing any prejudgments or biases the child or adolescent may have about a certain culture. The professional will also work to educate the client’s family members through providing educational resources, ensuring any prejudgments they might have toward a specific culture are debunked.

When professionals provide therapeutic services in a culturally competent way, therapeutic interventions that serve diverse clients can be appropriately developed and utilized in a multitude of environments. As a professional working with children and adolescents, the core fundamentals of empathy, warmth, and acceptance of other cultures should be genuine. To achieve cultural competence, a professional must have a sense of compassion and respect for people who are culturally different. A professional must be aware of cultural behaviors that are congruent with cultural competence. This person must present with an attitudinal set of behavioral and moral responsibilities to practice cultural competence and instill cultural understanding and respect in the child or adolescent. If a person can present in a manner that is warm, empathetic, and genuine, this will yield a culturally competent attitude. The professional can educate and instill these values, which would, in turn, allow the child or adolescent to display culturally congruent behaviors.

Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric.html

PSY 636 Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt

As part of this course, you must write short papers on different topics pertaining to intervention strategies. While the topics vary, your papers, at a minimum, should do the following:

• Answer the question or address the issue(s) the instructions describe.
• Include your perspective, when applicable, and share your opinion or explain your rationale for your position.
• Be sure to support your responses with scholarly research, and include references and citations for material presented that is not your own original work. You can use the first person (I, my, etc.) to indicate your opinion in lieu of listing yourself as a source.

What to Submit

Short papers should follow these formatting guidelines: 2–4 pages, double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA format.

Short Paper Rubric