Reflection on Background

Reflect on your own cultural and diverse backgrounds, beliefs, values, and biases. Although you do not have to address all of these, you will want to consider various aspects of your identity, such as age, ethnicity, culture, race, ability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, language preference, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and nationality.

· Choose at least three personal identities to focus on.

· Describe how your cultural background, beliefs, values, and biases could potentially impact your professional relationships in the human services field.

· Identify at least one positive and one negative impact and provide examples of situations where these factors might come into play.

· Define at least two strategies for ongoing self-awareness and professional development to manage and mitigate any biases that may affect your work.

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