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A “Culturagram” is a tool that was developed to help social workers assess the specific cultural backgrounds of clients. It helps social workers better understand culture on an individual basis rather than drawing generalizations from a cultural group. Using this tool helps social workers establish a basic foundation of knowledge about their clients and understand client norms within a broad cultural umbrella. The culturagram also works from a strengths-based perspective, and helps social workers view important beliefs, experiences, and points of resilience among clients.
Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Develop students’ awareness and their ability to engage in critical thinking on the issues of oppression and diversity.
CO 2: Analyze the knowledge and skills for social work practice with economically disadvantaged and oppressed groups in the United States.
CO 5: Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation.
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 180 points.
Due Date
Please see the due dates below. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
Requirements
Fill in the 11 elements of the Culturagram and a brief summary that covers the central points about your family. Your answers should be brief, thorough and professional. Questions can be completed as a written Word document or as a PowerPoint/Canva/Infographic. Students: please discuss with the instructor if you feel answers to certain questions are too personal to comfortably share.
Guidelines
Be as descriiptive as possible (e.g. “Brother – 7 years older; Step-father – mother remarried x years ago”)
Note: Information shared in the Culturagram will only be seen by the instructor of the course and will be kept confidential. If for some reason the student has strong objections to answering one or more components, please address this with the instructor prior to the assignment due date. Otherwise, the expectation is that students answer ALL components.
For example, under the component REASONS FOR RELOCATING, a professional answer might be: “Though my family has lived in (name of city) since the time of my birth, we have moved x times in the last x years. Reasons for relocating include proximity to better schools, reducing the duration of the commute to place of employment, loss of employment during the Great Recession,” etc. A poor answer would be: “My family has lived in (name of city) my whole life.”
Grading Criteria
Your paper will be graded based on following criteria:
Criteria Descriiption
Family (list members),
Reason for Relocation
Legal Status (45 Points)
Answer and describe these components of the Culturagram assessment.
Time in Community
Language spoken at home & in the community
Health Beliefs (45 points)
Answer and describe these components of the Culturagram assessment.
Impact of Trauma & Crisis Events
Contact with Cultural & Religious Institutions (Holidays, Food & Clothing)
Oppression, Discrimination, Bias & Racism (45 points)
Answer and describe these components of the Culturagram assessment.
Values about education and work
Values about family: Structure, power myths & rules
Summary Statement (45 points)
Answer and describe these components of the Culturagram assessment.
Total (180 points) A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.
Detailed grading rubric can be found below.
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