Client Descriptors Impacting Interventions
Including the cumulative disadvantage due to a lack of resources over a lifetime.
What is Disparities in Income, Health, and Opportunity?
The ability to focus equally on attitudes, values, and customs of society and individuals or families.
What is Dual Perspective?
Reveals personal growth and need for growth.
What is self-reflection?
Including beliefs about help-seeking.
What is Workers and Social Service Programs?
Assessments of competencies (usually done with supervisor) to recognize biases and need for professional growth.
What is Reflexive Practice?
Recognizes limits of understanding and competency.
What is Humility?
Including personal experiences with discrimination, stereotyping, and oppression.
What is Strength of Cultural Identity?
A professional lens in which social workers focus on the impact of diversity on a client’s functioning.
What is Diversity Perspective?
Recognizes the impact of individuals and systemic issues.
What is Consideration of Context?
Including resiliency factors.
What is Cumulative Trauma Related to Discrimination and Oppression?
An appreciation and celebration of the strengths existing in diverse communities with a focus on empowerment.
What is Enthoconsciousness?
"All people are the same."
What is Belief Barriers?