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DIVERSITY CHALLENGES AND REFLECTIONS

Couples and family counseling often involves understanding and integrating diverse influences on the system’s presenting issues, as well as ongoing wellness and development of the system. Counselors must be aware not only of these influences, but also the manner in which they may impact the system members—differing degrees, perceptions, and meaning. In addition, the intersection of multiple diversity issues can create another layer of challenges for couples and families.

Familiarizing yourself with multicultural standards of practice is a first step in developing cultural competencies, as is exploring your own thoughts and beliefs regarding diversity. For this Assignment, you consider a point in your life when your family was touched by diversity, discuss how it affected your family, and how such an issue might be handled in a counseling session.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare:

· Review the Learning Resources and consider the many challenges diverse populations bring to counseling sessions.

· Reflect on a time when diversity touched your family.

Assignment:

In your Journal, identify a time where diversity touched your family. Based on this time, answer the following questions:

· What impact did this time have on your family?

· Hypothetically, if you addressed the issue in a family counseling session, what do you think the counselor should know and explore with your family to fully address the issue?

· How will you be sensitive to the impact diversity has on families and couples in your own professional practice?

· Your journal should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title page, and in APA 7 standard format for student papers (See Section 2.2 of the APA 7 manual). Please note this is a personal journal so use of first person (“I” “my) is acceptable, and APA references are not required.

Readings

· Canfield, B. (2021). Diversity and intercultural work in family counseling. In D. Capuzzi & M. D. Stauffer (Eds.). Foundations of couples, marriage, and family counseling (2nd ed., pp. 47-59). Wiley & Sons.

· Sperry, L. (2010). 
Culture, personality, health, and family dynamics: Cultural competence in the selection of culturally sensitive treatments
Links to an external site.
. The Family Journal, 18(3), 316–320. doi:10.1177/1066480710372129

· Sperry, L. (2011). 
Culturally, clinically, and ethically competent practice with individuals and families dealing with medical conditions
Links to an external site.
. The Family Journal, 19(2), 212–216. doi:10.1177/1066480711400560

· Shannon, P. J. (2014). 
Refugees’ advice to physicians: How to ask about mental health
Links to an external site.
. Family Practice, 31(4), 462–466. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmu017

COUN_6726_Week3_Journal_Rubric

COUN_6726_Week3_Journal_Rubric
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAdherence to Assignment ExpectationsBy Day 7, post in your Journal the following:Identify a time where diversity touched your family. Based on this time, answer the following questions:What impact did this time have on your family?Hypothetically, if you addressed the issue in a family counseling session, what do you think the counselor should know and explore with your family to fully address the issue?How will you be sensitive to the impact diversity has on families and couples in your own professional practice?	4 to >3.5 pts A (90% to 100%) Thoroughly addresses all required components of the assignment with a well-developed, cohesive, and insightful narrative that exceeds expectations. 3.5 to >3.1 pts B (80% to 89%) Thoroughly addresses all required components of the assignment with a well-developed narrative. 3.1 to >2.7 pts C (70% to 79%) Addresses most of the required components. 2.7 to >0 pts F (0% to 69%) Addresses few required components or addressed none of the required components.	4 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssimilation and Synthesis of IdeasCourse content is synthesized and supported with information from the learning resources and examples.	2 to >1.79 pts A (90% to 100%) Critically evaluates course content and main points. Supports the evaluation with information from the Learning Resources and additional outside sources….Exceeds expectations by clearly connecting several concepts from the Learning Resources to multiple experiences and examples from the field. 1.79 to >1.59 pts B (80% to 89%) Synthesizes the course content to illustrate main points and supports the synthesis with information from the Learning Resources….Applies course content by clearly connecting the information from the Learning Resources to experiences or examples from the field. 1.59 to >1.39 pts C (70% to 79%) Identifies key points from the course content and supports the key points with marginal information from the Learning Resources….Some experiences or examples from the field are identified but are not clearly connected to the course content. 1.39 to >0 pts F (0% to 69%) Some key points from the course content are identified, with minimal to no information from the Learning Resources is used….Minimal to no connections between the course content and experiences or examples from the field are identified.	2 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeExpression and Formatting: The extent to which scholarly, critical, analytical writing is presented in APA 7 format for student papers and style, including use of unbiased and person-first language.	2 to >1.79 pts A (90% to 100%) Writing is organized, concise, and scholarly written with no grammatical errors. 1.79 to >1.59 pts B (80% to 89%) Writing is organized, concise, and scholarly written with minimal grammatical errors. 1.59 to >1.39 pts C (70% to 79%) Writing is unclear or interrupted by grammatical errors. 1.39 to >0 pts F (0% to 69%) Writing is unclear, somewhat disorganized, and has significant grammatical errors.	2 pts
Total Points: 8

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