During this 90-minute webinar, participants will be invited to examine the relationship between self-awareness, knowledge of others, and culturally alert interventions. The facilitators will challenge the participants to recognize the influence of intersecting identities on themselves and their clients and introduce strategies for gaining self and other awareness, including the RESPECT Model and Broaching. The facilitators will also provide participants with strategies to address powerlessness among clients who are marginalized and ways to engage in advocacy.
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All Hands on Deck! Developing Culturally Alert Communication in Relationships
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All Hands on Deck! Developing Culturally Alert
Communication in Relationships
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4. Tammi Dice, PhD, HSBCP
•Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the Darden College
of Education at Old Dominion University
•President of the National Organization for Human Services
•Research interests include positive youth development, adult
development and learning, multicultural competence and ethical
practices in human services
Today’s Presenters
Tony Dice, MSEd, CSAC
•Doctoral Student at Old Dominion University
•Mental Health Director at EVMS’s Ambulatory Care Center in Norfolk
•Former SEAL in U.S. Navy, Presidential Security Detail Team Lead,
Iraqi Special Forces Instructor
•Research interests include substance abuse, LGBTQAP, and PTSD
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5. • Many factors contribute to making
communication with those culturally different
from you challenging
• Insensitive and inappropriate interactions can
occur, even unintentionally
• However, it is possible to honor other’s culture
and respond sensitively…
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6. …one is capable of developing the skills to engage in
culturally sensitive communication
Through self-
awareness (who I am
as a cultural being?)…
…and knowledge of
other cultures as well
as of broader
systemic influences…
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8. NOT AN EASY TASK!!!!
New information/experiences result in
cognitive dissonance: discomfort that
arises from old ways of knowing not
working in the new situation.
We adapt and thus the self-concept
changes.
This is good! Necessary for growth and
development
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10. Identities exist simultaneously (i.e. gender and ethnicity and class, etc.) and are
intertwined (e.g. have an impact in everyday life)
Most have a combo of marginalized and privileged intersecting identities- BOTH
important to consider!
Multiple marginalized intersecting identities can contribute to even greater
challenges/obstacles (e.g. black, poor, and gay)
(Mens-Verhulst & Radtke, 2008)
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11. Justin is a 32 year old white male who is a double amputee living on
disability pay. He is currently living with his parents in a basement
apartment. He identifies as gay and self-discloses that he is having a
very difficult time partnering. He has come to you because he feels
depressed and lonely.
What cultural factors need to be considered in order for you to best
help him?
What are Justin’s intersecting identities? What other cultural
identities would you like to know about him?
How would taking these identities into consideration shape your
interventions?
How might your interventions differ if Justin were wealthy? Black?
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12. By acknowledging the
challenges of holding
marginalized identities
We stop subscribing to
the Myth of Meritocracy
Which helps us to avoid
engaging in intentional and
unintentional discrimination
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13. • Understand your own multi-faceted identity
• The more self-understanding you have, the more
comfortable you will be interacting with diverse others
• Assist Clients in exploring their identities
• Encourage and validate discussion of feelings related to
identity
• Make room for strong emotions
• Allow strong emotions to fuel learning
(Sue, 2016)
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14. What
about you?
Take a
moment to
note your
areas of
advantage
and
disadvantage
ACTIVITY
Refer to identities slide
Label how you identify yourself
Note where identities fall on the axes
Consider your experiences resulting
from this combination of identities
Consider experiences of others with
differing identities
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16. R = Religious/Spiritual Identity
E = Economic Class Background
S = Sexual Identity
P = Psychological Maturity
E = Ethnic/Racial Identity
C = Chronological/Developmental Challenges
T = Trauma/Threats to One’s Wellbeing
F = Family Background/History
U = Unique Physical Characteristics
L = Location of Residence and Language Differences
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17. As a human services professional, you must break the silence about
the enormity of intersections
Focus on individual strengths
Focus on empowerment
Help individual to accept their realities
Help individual reframe the situation (e.g., “We live in a sick
society.”)
Help client resist internalization of negative behaviors and
attitudes
(Mens-Verhulst & Radtke, 2008)
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20. • Not easy...but valuable!
• Helps to clarify how an individual identifies
• Helps to clarify communication norms
• Helps to establish authentic relationship
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24. • Considering individual, shared and, cultural
specific traits
• Considering role of oppression
• Taking time to connect
• Not assuming something is wrong because it’s
different
• Respecting communication styles that vary
from culture to culture
• Broaching cultural differences
• Empowering and Advocating
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25. “Active support of something,
such as a cause.”
(Brown & Trusty, 2005;The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th
ed., 2000)
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26. Societal Level
• State and
National
• Societal issues
(oppression)
Community Level
• School
• Neighborhood
• Workplace
Family Level
• Children
• Elderly
• The abused
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27. • Altruistic
motivation
• Willing to take
risks
• Autonomous
Thinking
• Stick-to-it Attitude
• Leadership
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28. What to Know
• Systems Theory
• Policies and Laws
• Resources (People, Programs, Agencies, Associations)
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29. • Identify the issue
• Prepare a team
• Articulate goals
• Target areas of
influence
• Choose strategies
• Create a plan
• Design
infrastructure
• Evaluate
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30. “Developing an awareness for life beyond
your immediate surroundings brings a
healthy restlessness which, if infused with
peace and used well, can be a foundation for
positive change in the world.”
~Dadi Janki
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-ethically obligated to work for social justice, provide culturally responsive helping services, ensure equal access and equality for all
-can harm client otherwise- minimize impact of social forces, interpret normal cultural behaviors as pathological, make them dislike counseling
Tell my students the Whitman quote: this class will challenge you to re-examine all you have been taught in home, school or church… allow self to perspective-take and empathize
-so we begin by recognizing that it is not sufficient to be monoculturally competent (seeing only one primary cultural component of an individual), but rather recognizing that all relationships are multicultural, because every individual consists of multiple intersecting cultural identities
-this can help us to relate because we can see where we overlap with others and share experience, and also challenges us to be open to understanding the experiences of others not like us, particularly when we hold positions of privilege compared to the individual with whom we are interacting
-denial and minimization are forms of discriminiation
-So let’s look at ourselves!
-Been talking about our self awareness of our own identities, assessing our clients’ identities and how that impacts our work with them, but what about how our clients perceive us and the impact that has on our work with them?
One way to address this is through Broaching. What is it?