In this course one of the biggest factors in understanding the children we serve is being able to connect with them. Cultural Competence is a skill that we develop and constantly need to fine tune as our demographics and population may change drastically from year to year (even month to month with the little ones). That being said please answer the following questions in paragraph or bullets form. Each questions below I have in parenthesis how they should be answered.
12 font/ times new roman and has to be three pages
1. Literature or media relating to cultural competence in general (quotes, poems, readings from text, retable external resources, etc. (include 8 bullets or more)
2. Different ways you can show your students your and parents that you value diversity on all level (ex. Cultural, religious, gender abilities, diversity between family structures and units. Etc). (include 10 bullets or more)
3. How can you communicate with families of various backgrounds and ways you can avoid potential pitfalls when communicating cross- culturally. (Include 8 bullets or more)
4. How are you going to increase you overall cultural awareness? ( This is your opinion and please Answer this question in paragraph form)
5. How you can help counteract any bias or prejudice towards a particular group. (This is your opinion and please Answer this question in paragraph form)
6. Specific Community Resources that may be available to parents and families in need; or resources than can help families and parents with particular needs (ex: divorced parents support groups). (Answer this question in paragraph form)
7. Any additional tools you gained from this. (This is your opinion and please Answer this question in paragraph form)
