Reflection on Background

  

Reflect on your own cultural and diverse backgrounds, beliefs, values, and biases. Although you do not have to address all of these, you will want to consider various aspects of your identity, such as age, ethnicity, culture, race, ability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, language preference, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and nationality.

· Choose at least three personal identities to focus on.

· Describe how your cultural background, beliefs, values, and biases could potentially impact your professional relationships in the human services field.

· Identify at least one positive and one negative impact and provide examples of situations where these factors might come into play.

· Define at least two strategies for ongoing self-awareness and professional development to manage and mitigate any biases that may affect your work.

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Reflection on Background

Prior to working on this journal, review the following resources:

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Legal Doesn’t Mean Nondiscriminatory: Self-Expression and Appearance Policies in Social WorkLinks to an external site.

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Effects of Individual Characteristics and Experiences on MSW Students’ AdvocacyLinks to an external site.

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When the Client Is a Struggling Clinical Social Worker: Ethical ChallengesLinks to an external site.

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The Relationship Between Fitness for the Profession and Ethical Development: An Undergraduate Human Services Program ModelLinks to an external site.

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Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals

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Reflect on your own cultural and diverse backgrounds, beliefs, values, and biases. Although you do not have to address all of these, you will want to consider various aspects of your identity, such as age, ethnicity, culture, race, ability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, language preference, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and nationality.

· Choose at least three personal identities to focus on.

· Describe how your cultural background, beliefs, values, and biases could potentially impact your professional relationships in the human services field.

· Identify at least one positive and one negative impact and provide examples of situations where these factors might come into play.

· Define at least two strategies for ongoing self-awareness and professional development to manage and mitigate any biases that may affect your work.

The Reflection on Background paper

· must be 2 to 3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to 

APA Style

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 as outlined in the Writing Center’s 

APA Formatting for Microsoft Word

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 or resource.

· must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

· title of paper in bold font

· Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

· student’s name

· name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

· course name and number

· instructor’s name

· due date

· must utilize academic voice.

· Review the 

Academic Voice

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 resource for additional guidance.

· must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

· Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

· For assistance in writing 

Introductions & Conclusions

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 and 

Writing a Thesis Statement

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, refer to the Writing Center resources.

· must use at least 2 credible sources in addition to the course text.

· The 

Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

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 table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.

· To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, refer to this 

Quick and Easy Library Research

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 tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

· must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s 

APA: Citing Within Your Paper

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 guide.

· must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.

· Refer to the 

APA: Formatting Your References List

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 resource in the Writing Center for specifications