Cultural Competence
2- to 4-page paper, explain how the literature informs you about Claudia and her family when assessing her situation.
Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.
Describe culturally competent strategies you might use to assess the needs of children.
Describe the types of data you would collect from Claudia and her family in order to best serve them.
Identify other resources that may offer you further information about Claudia’s case.
Create an eco-map to represent Claudia’s situation. Describe how the ecological perspective of assessment influenced how the social worker interacted with Claudia.
Describe how the social worker in the case used a strengths perspective and multiple tools in her assessment of Claudia. Explain how those factors contributed to the therapeutic relationship with Claudia and her family.
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Cultural competences
Claudia who is a six-year-old Spanish girl living with her parents in the United States experiences a lot of social problems. Some of the problems include the economic problems which her parents experiences and also the social state of the area. The area usually experiences a lot of insecurity which has made her live in fear. Claudia developed the fear when she witnessed a mugging in her neighborhood.
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