Assignment: Cultural Autobiography
Sue and Sue (2016) explain that our worldviews are related to our values, cultural upbringing, and experiences. This reflective paper is an extension of the MAKSS assessment of multicultural awareness you completed during Unit 1. Your cultural autobiography is information that you collect from interviewing a family member (or members), personal reflections, and peer-reviewed article readings.
Assignment Instructions
Heritage and Worldview
Based on the data you gather from interviewing a family member, personal reflections, and peer-reviewed articles, address the following points:
• Describe briefly your cultural heritage and acculturative process (for example, your paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from Italy and your maternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland.)
• Discuss the significance of your family's engagement in religious or spiritual traditions on your worldview.
• Identify aspects of your cultural heritage that have resulted in privilege or discrimination toward you and your family.
Strategies to Overcome Your Cultural Competence Limitations
Considering your heritage and MAKSS assessment results, think about potential barriers or opportunities your worldview could present in counseling a client of a different ethnicity or race, religion, gender, or socioeconomic status.
• Describe at least one strategy to address each of the aspects of multicultural competence (awareness, knowledge, and skill) that would assist in resolving your personal barriers to competent counseling practices.
• Explain how you will consistently monitor discussions related to your cultural experiences that have potential to bring up feelings or unresolved issues. Describe your plan to navigate these issues.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2016). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.