Running Head: MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING WITH HISPANIC FAMILIES Multicultural Counseling Success with Hispanic Families Dawn With Artz University Mike Smith‚ Ph.D. December 16‚ 2009 Abstract There are many characteristics and commonalities among immigrants coming into the United States such as language‚ values‚ tradition‚ religion‚ and culture. They come to the United States from many different countries and yet American culture puts them into one large melting pot and
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Multicultural Issues Tiffany Altvater‚ Keimyereia Jones‚ Kaycee Pearson‚ Angela Pratt ENG/157-Multicultural Literature January 28‚ 2013 Dr. Greg Beatty Multicultural Issues * Methods to improve global understanding based on multicultural appreciation In today’s society our access to the global community has been revolutionized compared to decades past. In order to find out information about another’s culture a person would have to scour books and put together bits of information to
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Multicultural Competency Paper Kim Nores University of Phoenix PSYCH/535 Nino Kakulia 10/15/2012 As a psychologist it is imperative to be able to understand different cultures. We should be aware of our own biases‚ perceptions‚ attitudes and beliefs that we hold about culturally different groups. We should also be knowledgeable about the values‚ practices and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from ourselves. We should also be aware of our strengths and weakness in interacting
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In the wonderful article “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience”‚ the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly looks at several different methods at how people find enjoyment and enhance their overall quality of life. There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life‚ says Csikszentmihalyi‚ and we tend to talk about each concept interchanging from one another. Pleasure is something that we seek through expectations set by natural projects or by social molding. We tend to seek
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CROSS- CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES OF MULTICULTURAL TEAMS The increasing number of multinational companies‚ the expand global market place and the diversity of the customers across cultures require new points of view. More and more companies use multicultural teams to develop new products or business solutions. Multicultural teams are task oriented groups of people from different cultures. Well managed multicultural teams thanks to the different point of views of their team members can superior
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He shows the situations and backgrounds of each side involved and the consequences they experience during and after the eviction process. In the chapter Christmas in Room 400‚ Dasmond delves into the court process of eviction cases and the unfortunate statistics attributed the people dealing with these cases. Sherrena has eviction cases to deal with right before Christmas and Dasmond accounts her experience with various tenants while also including general
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One of the greatest challenges a teacher faces today is a multicultural classroom. All aspects of each culture must be addressed and kept in mind when a teacher is designing their curriculum. Today’s classroom is more diverse in every sense‚ and a teacher must be prepared for any scenario he or she is faced with. In order for a multicultural education to be effective‚ there needs to be a combination of challenges that takes into consideration the assets and disabilities each student may or may not
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The Importance of Multicultural Literature ENG/157 David McCarthy The Importance of Multicultural Literature The introduction to multicultural literature into the broad world of differing walks of life‚ the reader may be surprised by the similarities between the cultures as well as the differences. Cultures are as eclectic as we are as individuals‚ each with their own quirks‚ intricacies‚ and uniqueness that inspires individuality regarding how the vast differences between cultures
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Multicultural Education: Respecting Differences and Avoiding Bias Jennifer Brearley Western Governors University Culture can be characterized by how a group of people interpret the world through spirituality‚ social customs‚ dress and communication (Gargiulo 2012). According to Richard M. Garguilo‚ author of Special Education in Contemporary Society (2012) culture is also defined by the attitudes‚ values‚ behaviors‚ belief systems‚ and traditions shared by a particular race‚ social group
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A Multicultural Workplace A multicultural workplace refers to a group of individuals who represent all types of human difference gathered to achieve a common goal‚ which is the organization or company’s mission. For some‚ a multicultural organization may refer to their workplace as such‚ due to the variation of individuals’ age‚ sex‚ ethnicity‚ physical abilities‚ and even sexual orientation. Additionally‚ the diversity among this workforce is likely to be considered such based on its employees
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