Provide an introduction, which prepares the reader for the topic areas that will be explored in the paper.
Describe your family of origin’s ethnic/cultural membership. Guyanese . Country of birth Guyana. ethnicity: East Indian and african
This may involve more than one group membership.
You will define who you consider “family.”
Discuss your family of origin’s position on the following topics:
race,
ethnicity,
class,
gender,
age,
religion/spirituality,
sexual orientation,
mental illness,
physical ability, AND
intelligence/cognitive ability.
Discuss the values you personally have incorporated and/or rejected as a result of your family’s ethnic/cultural membership. All my life I have been sheltred. My parents did an amazing job raising my siblings and self as responsible and to know that education is the key for any door.
Describe the goodness of fit between your culture of origin and the dominant culture in this country. Provide specific examples, utilizing theories from this course.
Given your discussion above, identify future challenges.
What cross-cultural issues do you believe will be most challenging in your work as a social worker? For example, you may want to look at the expectations held by you and consider whether you might hold them for clients.
How you will manage these differences in your future work in the social work profession? Use sources to back up your thoughts and ideas.
Incorporate the NASW Code of EthicsLinks to an external site.* into this discussion.
Provide a conclusion that ties up the key points and learning experiences associated with this reflection.
Your completed assignment must be 5 to 7-pages in length with a minimum of four academic sources. Please use the Maryville Library Citation Help LibGuideLinks to an external site. to accurately format and cite your sources,
