Becoming Culturally Competent

Cultural competence can include, but is not limited to, ethnicity, religious beliefs, LGBTQQ, and disabilities. Select a population that you are not very familiar with and would consider yourself not culturally competent with. Research laws that may specifically impact the population you have selected. In your paper, discuss how you would become increasingly culturally competent with the population selected. Report on the laws you researched and how they may impact working with these clients. In addition, include local resources that you could utilize in developing a culturally competent aftercare plan. Discuss how being culturally competent could impact your role as an expert witness in a future court proceeding. Conduct and include scholarly research to support your response.

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Cultural competence is an important trait capable of improving the quality of interaction between individuals of different cultures. It ensures that one is not so rigid in understanding issues from the perspectives of others that he or she is incapable of providing appropriate solutions relative to the patient’s solution. There are always cases in which one deals with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, which could present a learning opportunity or a significant………………..

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