A multiculturally oriented human services professional must be aware of personal limits
A multiculturally oriented human services professional must be aware of personal limits and
strengths, have a plan for seeking feedback from clients, and have a plan for addressing
limitations. The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to develop a personal plan for
being a multiculturally oriented human services professional. This assignment will help students
to identify strengths and areas for growth, increase confidence in addressing cultural conflicts,
and encourage self-awareness.
INSTRUCTIONS
Write a 3-5 page paper (not counting the title page and reference page). You do not need to write
an abstract. Follow current APA professional style standards. Cite and reference our textbooks,
Cultural Engagement, by Chatraw and Prior (2019), and Cultural Humility, by Hook et al.
(2017) as sources used for support in your paper. Cite and reference a website or document used
in describing one potential cultural training course, and one peer-reviewed journal article from
the past 5 years. The peer-reviewed journal article that you use for this paper must be a scholarly
source, not a book, newspaper article, online blog, book review, or magazine article. Use
Liberty’s online library to locate a current article. These four sources are required for this paper.
Limit the use of direct quotes. You may use Scripture as well (see the Writing Style Guide tab
for how to cite and reference Bible versions that you quote). Begin with a brief paper
introduction before going to your first section/heading (do not use a heading for the
introduction). Because you are writing about your personal plan for multicultural orientation, it is
appropriate to use first person pronouns (I, me, my, for example) in this paper. Use the following
bold headings:
Limitations and Strengths: What limits or weaknesses relevant to multicultural orientation do
you recognize in yourself? What are your strengths, skills, and resources for multicultural
orientation? Use honest self-reflection and awareness to discuss potential limitations and
strengths.
Plan for Seeking Feedback: Describe your plan for obtaining regular feedback from clients
about how they feel their cultural identities are being addressed in therapy/services. Cite Hook et
al. (2017) in this section. What specific questions might you ask a client that would demonstrate
multicultural orientation? How else can you plan for feedback (for example, discuss your
openness to feedback from colleagues and supervisors)?
Plan for Addressing Limitations: Find one training course and one professional reading that
would be helpful in addressing multicultural limitations or weaknesses. You do not need to
actually attend a training course; this is for practice in locating resources. Read, cite and
reference one peer-reviewed journal article from the last five years that represents a professional
reading that improves your knowledge and understanding of a multicultural limitation you have
identified. Discuss what you learned from this article.
One website you may find helpful is pesi.com (this is an organization that helps professionals
find seminars or trainings). You can search behavioral health seminars at pesi.com for one that
addresses a multicultural need you have. Search for upcoming events at counseling.org (the
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American Counseling Association website), apa.org, or AACC.net (the website for the American
Association of Christian Counselors). When you find a seminar, look for multicultural topics.
End with a Conclusion section where you summarize what you covered in your paper. What did
you learn from this assignment? What goals do you have for improving your multicultural
orientation?
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