First, explain what is meant by the term cultural competence, and then briefly describe what steps you could take to develop cultural competency.
What will be an ideal response?
Cultural competence is a basic understanding and knowledge of others' customs, perspectives, background, and history. You can develop cultural competency by studying other cultures and customs, traveling, participating in community service, paying attention to people's backgrounds, not making assumptions about who people are, and accepting differences.
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a. cleft palates. b. environmental or psychological influences. c. abnormal larynx structures. d. in utero development problems.
When a child is diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, the child
A. indiscriminately will go to any person who is available. B. is incapable of forming an attachment relationship with anybody. C. forms attachments sequentially, rather than having multiple attachments at one time. D. will never be able to successfully form an attachment.
Reference materials usually kept at or near the reference desk in a library because of their frequent use are called
a. ready references. b. library references. c. reference librarian materials. d. bibliographic materials.
If a teacher is trying to promote language arts use and a child asks, "Can I paint now?" the teacher might respond a. "Come along. We will see if your name is on the waiting list.". b. "You should put a paint apron on first, Aki."
c. "Didn't I see you painting a few minutes ago?" d. "Looks like the paint easels are in use right now.".