Education week 2 assignment

Cultural Competence Continuum

This week, you are going to explore a framework for cultural competence. It is helpful for professionals to continually refer to the framework as a form of self-assessment and use the results to set goals and plan for meaningful growth. Self-assessment can also lead to self-awareness about biases and stereotypes that you may hold. Unexamined biases can show up in both obvious and subtle ways, such as the pictures and books that a teacher selects for the classroom.

To prepare for this assignment,

• Read Chapter 2 of the course text.
• Review the Cultural Competence Continuum - CharacteristicsLinks to an external site..
• Complete the Cultural Competence Self-Test Download Cultural Competence Self-Test.
• Download the Cultural Competence Continuum Download Cultural Competence Continuumtemplate.

In your paper,

• Reflect on how everyone holds some types of bias based on their personal background and experiences.
• Discuss why it is important to avoid imposing your own values onto the diverse children and families you work with. Consider your own implicit and explicit biases, which you reflected on in the Week 1 Implicit Bias journal. Consider why, as a helping professional, you would want to move away from cultural destructiveness and towards cultural competence/proficiency.
• Summarize how you will continue to build awareness and understanding of your culture, personal beliefs, values, and biases. Consider which two or three elements of the Cultural Competence Self-Test Download Cultural Competence Self-Testyou would like to work on and how you might go about doing this.
• Describe how you will keep abreast of the major research and issues that may impact the ethnically and racially diverse families you serve. Consider topics such as health challenges, school closures, and violence.

The Cultural Competence Continuum paper

• must be at least 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
  • title of paper in bold font
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • due date
• must use at least 1 credible source in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Review the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.