Self-Reflection Using the Hays ADDRESSING Model
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All of us have multifaceted cultural identities. For this reason, you are likely to have experienced situations where you are in the cultural majority, as well as others where you are in the cultural minority. This assignment will help you reflect on how your cultural memberships influence your ability to work professionally with people of similar cultural backgrounds, as well as with people with different cultural backgrounds. All clinicians have biases. Failure to recognize these biases creates harm. It takes more strength to acknowledge your biases than to argue that you do not have any.
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Dr. Pamela Hays developed the “ADDRESSING” model to help psychologists recognize 10 major factors of cultural difference that are common in the United States: Age (and generational influences), Developmental and acquired Disabilities, Religion and spiritual identity, Ethnicity and racial identity, Socioeconomic status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous heritage, National origin, and Gender. Note that this list is not comprehensive; there are thousands of different cultural identities in our country. The ADDRESSING model just sums up the 10 most common points of cultural difference.
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Instructions
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- Download the Hays ADDRESSING Model Template located in the Resources. You will use this template to conduct a cultural self-assessment that describes your identity in all elements of the Hays ADDRESSING model.
- Note: You must complete and submit the Hays ADDRESSING Model Template provided for this assignment. Do not submit a paper. Papers will not be graded.
- For more information about the Hays ADDRESSING model, review Hays’s article, “Looking Into the Clinician’s Mirror: Cultural Self-Assessment,” linked in the Resources.
- After completing the table on the template, review your entries, and then respond to the three questions posed below the table in the template. Note: There are no “right” or “wrong” responses for this assignment. You will be graded on your insight and ability to recognize the implications of your privilege and biases when you work with others.
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Assignment Requirements
- Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Format: Use the Hays ADDRESSING Template provided in the Resources. Use current APA style and formatting guidelines as applicable to this assignment.
- Font: Arial, 12 point.
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