Scenario: Maria is a 13-year-old biracial student whose mother identifies as Hispanic and whose father identifies as African-American. Maria’s father transferred towns for work, which uprooted the family midyear from a large city to a small, rural town. Maria’s new school (a public K-12 setting), much like the community, is predominately white and middle class. The move has resulted in Maria feeling high levels of stress and anxiety.
Additionally, students at her new school dress much differently than students at her old school, which makes Maria stand out. Some of the other students make fun of the way she dresses. She just discovered a social media group called “I Hate Maria” composed of some of her seventh-grade classmates, who have been posting negative comments about her. Recently, students at Maria’s school took cell phone photographs of her buttocks while she was walking in the hall and posted them on the “I Hate Maria” website.
Maria knows that she can talk to her parents, but she doesn’t want to worry them. With all of the stress, Maria is plagued by dark thoughts of killing herself and cannot focus on the lessons being taught in her classes.
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
A. Identify each of the
following elements described in the scenario:
• Maria’s family
• Maria’s community
• Maria’s cultural background
Note: Do not make assumptions, just
state the facts.
B. Discuss how you, as a public
K-12 teacher, would try to help Maria in a culturally responsive,
trauma-informed way by doing the following:
1. Describe one realistic action
you would take to help Maria with one of the issues she is
facing.
a. Justify how the one action
from part B1 would effectively address the issue from part B1 in a culturally
responsive and trauma-informed way, including two specific examples.
2. Discuss two ways you would
involve Maria’s family in this action.
C. Discuss two specific elements
of your own cultural background.
1. Discuss two examples of how
your cultural background could affect the way you might respond to the issues
Maria is facing in the scenario.
Note: Cultural background can include
relevant demographic information such as race, or economic background. . It can
also include other defining characteristics, such as family structure, styles
of communication, traditions, or family and community educational norms. You
are not required to include details relating to personal experience, traumatic
or otherwise. Remember
to use language that is not biased or makes assumptions.
D. Acknowledge sources, using
in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional
communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
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