Was electrocuted when i was 12 and has had a minor

was electrocuted when I was 12, and has had a minor brain
injury since. It is important that when the social worker is
addressing my mother that she is understanding on how my
mother communicates and that she may be forgetful at times. It
is important during these times that the social worker practice
tolerance and patient. Along with patience and tolerance the

social worker will need to practice empathy. My mother has had
a lot of loss in her life, family members wise and gets very down
on herself about not being able to do the same kind of work due
to her brain injury. I think this may provide the social worker
with an opportunity to practice the strengths perspective.
Lack of cultural awareness on the social worker’s part
would hinder the success she would have with my family. Lack
of cultural awareness on the social worker’s part could be
offensive to my family and turn them away from wanting to
receive help and or resources. Lack of empathy and tolerance
could hinder empowering my mother and other family members.
Thank you,
Jacquelyn
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Kathyanne Goodridge-Purnell
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What a brilliant post! If you had to articulate three strategies to help a Social
Worker understand the context that you have discussed, what would those
strategies be?
Dr. K
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Jacquelyn Greenwood
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Hello, Dr. K
I would make the social worker a visual of my family tree so she could
understand my family better. I would give the social worker techniques and
things to avoid with communication with my mom. I would also give the social
worker strategies to use when approaching my mom about her career.
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Kathyanne Goodridge-Purnell
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These types of interventions are important in the work that we do. It would be
helpful if this type of information was integrated into the work of developing
cultural competence.

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Leslie Burt
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As an outsider looking at me at not know what my exact race is. I
have been asked if I am Puerto Rican or Hispanic, African American,
even someone of Asian descent. I am biracial from an African
American father and French Canadian mother. However, being
raised many years by my African American grandmother after the
death of my father, and never meeting any of my Canadian
relatives, culturally I identify as African American.