The family’s country of origin that I chose would be
Lithuania. I would be working in a hospital setting Five ways to prepare myself
to be culturally responsive towards the family would be:
1. I would take the time to get to know the family and their culture by asking questions, watching movies, listen to music, or make home visits.
2. I would encourage the family to care for one another and to keep their family culture alive in their home as well as outside the home.
3. Keep all microaggressions and biases to myself because I know that it can have a lasting effect on the family.
4. Stand up for any discrimination being done to the family and to bring up any new early childhood issues that may affect the family.
5. Maintain an open and sensitive dialogue with the family and to listen careful for anything important that they may have to say.
1. I would take the time to get to know the family and their culture by asking questions, watching movies, listen to music, or make home visits.
2. I would encourage the family to care for one another and to keep their family culture alive in their home as well as outside the home.
3. Keep all microaggressions and biases to myself because I know that it can have a lasting effect on the family.
4. Stand up for any discrimination being done to the family and to bring up any new early childhood issues that may affect the family.
5. Maintain an open and sensitive dialogue with the family and to listen careful for anything important that they may have to say.
These preparations will help to make the family more comfortable
with me and will be able to open up. I hope that it will create a positive
relationship between me and the family where they can come to me in their time
of need.
Angel, I enjoyed reading your post. I agree that when welcoming a person or family from another country, it is important to ask questions and really listen. Home visits might be an excellent way to facilitate this, since folks then to be most comfortable in their own home.
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