“There is now a wealth of research and scholarly literature that documents the need for “specialized interventions based on ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation/identification, and other variables” that may be used in program design. Write a short paragraph on why you believe there is a need for program design that includes specialized services. Then choose any three variables and write a paragraph on each describing how program design may need to be modified to address these cultural issues.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: socioeconomic: low literacy, needing assistance to buy medication, using larger font for those with limited sight or for the elderly, use of gender-neutral pronouns, change of pictures in educational materials to reflect culturally appropriate or multicultural children, change of language for non or limited English skills.
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