PS282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Surface Roughness, Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Intercultural Competence
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Attending to diversity in the practices of community. Knowledge of/respect for characteristics, experiences, norms of cultura group with whom one is working. Interpersonal behaviour skills for working within the culture. Supportive relationships within the culture with whom one is working and in one"s own culture. Professional stance of informed naivete, curiosity and humiliy, commitment to learn while aware of one"s limited knowledge. Awareness of how one"s own culture and experiences have shaped one"s worldview. Viewpoint that developing of cultural competence is an ongoing process, not an achievement. Community psychologists working to promote cultural competence will often focus on collaboration w organizations rather than individuals alone. Balcazar et all model for supporting culture competence: Cultural competence is facilitated or hindered by the degree of organizational support for cultural competence where the service providers work. Sense of community can come into conflict w diversity bc it tends to emphasize group member similarity and appears to be higher in homogeneous communities.
