It is actually so much more than that. Being familiar with diversity and having multicultural competency is something that is needed in the helping profession. Learning about different cultures and different diverse groups increase chances of treatment of the client and interactions with the client as well. The American Counseling Association Codes of Ethics tells us a few things about diversity and multicultural competence. Counselors are to treat clients to the best of their ability regardless
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Re-emerging and emerging diseases especially those related to viruses all through history have comprised of the most feared plagues of the past. Although new infections continue to emerge today‚ many of the old plagues are still with us. (1) “Emerging” diseases can be defined as diseases / infections that have newly appeared in a population or have existed but are quickly increasing in geographic range or incidence. Among recent examples are Lyme disease‚ Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome‚ HIV/AIDS
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You’re the new child at school who came from another country‚ so you find that no one understands you. Later on‚ a group of tough looking children come over to you. They’re teasing you because they think you look weird because you have different skin colour. You say‚ “What are you doing?” But since you’re still different‚ they tease you even more. Imagine what it would have been like to be the child who got neglected and teased because they were different from everyone else. No one should be treated
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Least Preferred Co-Worker Scale The LPC scale is used in contingency theory to measure a person’s leadership style. For example‚ it measures your style by having you describe a coworker with whom you had difficulty completing a job. This does not need to be a co-worker you disliked a great deal‚ but rather someone with whom you least like to work. After you have selected this individual‚ the LPC instrument asks you to describe your coworker on 18 sets of adjectives. Low LPCs are task motivated
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Nationalism is exclusionary by definition. In a well-argued essay‚ compare the positive and negative effects of nationalism within a multicultural or multiethnic society. In your answer‚ discuss the problems that a multicultural society poses to the formation of national identity and why you do or do not believe that nationalism is compatible with the liberal state’s emphasis upon individual rights and freedoms. “The Age of liberal democracy is also the Age of nationalism” (Bernard Yack‚ 2003)
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Understand Contemporary Issues in Health Psychology – Anorexia and Obesity Some people argue that the cause of obesity can be explained by the social learning theory (SLT). People who support this approach are suggesting that the habits that cause obesity‚ such as portion control‚ over-eating and bad food choices‚ are learnt from the people around us‚ e.g. family‚ friends‚ peers etc.‚ and from the environment around us. For example‚ we learn to overeat from the big portions we are served at fast
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working customs‚ ethics‚ and labor laws. Mary ’s Multicultural Dilemma In the United States and in Europe employers and employees are bound by established rules and regulations designed to guarantee the peaceful coexistence between employers and employees. It is recognized that both employees have diverse rights from their employers‚ but due to fundamental differences on how these two dominant territories conform to labor relation issues due to the different cultural customs involved‚ it is
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Running Head: MULTICULTURAL PEDAGOGY Multicultural Pedagogy in Higher Education Multicultural Pedagogy in Higher Education There is a difference between teaching a course in which multiculturalism is the focus and incorporating an underlying multicultural‚ inclusive perspective into the classroom environment. Given that “there is no universal construction of a multiculturalism course that is perfect for achieving all goals for all students” (Henry‚ 2003‚ p. 26)‚ finding a way to build a multicultural
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My Least Favourite Character My least favourite character in the novel ‘Stargirl’ is Hilary. I don’t particularly have a strong distaste for her. I simply think that throughout the story there were many opportunities for Hilary to become more open-minded and to mature‚ but whenever these opportunities came‚ she would bluntly reject them. She let her pride and fear of the unknown interfere with her life‚ and due to this she ended up hurting those who were around her‚ including herself.
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A P R I L 2 0 11 s t r a t e g y p r a c t i c e Is your emerging-market strategy local enough? The diversity and dynamism of China‚ India‚ and Brazil defy any one-size-fits-all approach. But by targeting city clusters within them‚ companies can seize growth opportunities. Yuval Atsmon‚ Ari Kertesz‚ and Ireena Vittal 2 Is your emerging-market strategy local enough? Yuval Atsmon‚ Ari Kertesz‚ and Ireena Vittal The diversity and dynamism of China‚ India‚ and Brazil defy
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