Personal Action Plan

C. FINAL PAPER: DEVELOP A PERSONAL ACTION PLAN FOR YOURSELF: 6 Pages Maximum: 1. Identify one persooal goal that you will continue to work on that is aimed at further developing your cultural competence as a counselor as you work with a particular cultural identity group. (Some examples: "I want to know how to appropriately address my Moslem clients' anxiety and depression withi n the context of their culture"; "I do not want to continue to have a negative attitude about gay/lesbian clients; "I want to be better able to respond to Asian clients who do not openly express their feelings".) These are only examples. Y011 are to come up with your own personal goal based on your reflections and learning during the class. i. Your personal goal is to reflect your work with a particular cultural identity group addressed in this class, i.e. race, gender, socioeconomic status/class, sexual orientation, religious preference, ability (physical or mental) or age. 2. The above are only examples. It is important that you examine your own self and decide what personal learning about a particular cultural identity group you want to make the focus of your action plan. 1. This is not intended for you to identify a particular problem population (e.g. abusive parents, drug abusers) for whom you might want to work more effectively. 11. This is not intended for you to address how you might respond to clients who might react negatively to one or more of your cultural identities. 111. This is intended to address your personal learning objectives from this class in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status/c]ass, sexual orientation, religious preference, ability (physical and mental) and age and how you might respond to these aspects of your clients' identities. 3. Describe why yon chose this goal and how you hope to develop as a counselor as you i ncrease your knowledge of cultural competence in this particular area; 4. Identify at least one feature for each of the Multicultural Counseling Competencies (Awareness, Knowledge and Skills) areas, described in Sue and Sue, 2013 (pp. 47-51), that you commit to developing around your goal and describe what you intend to do to develop those aspects of your professional competence. For example, what do you commit to do in order to develop your awareness, knowledge, and your skills in regard to your intention regarding the cultural identity group you identified? 5. Describe what steps will be involved in planning and implementing your personal action plan. Detail the steps -what, exactly will you do to implement your plan? For example: will you work alone or will you use others as support? What might be some of the challenges in working on this action plan alone or with others; what exactly will you do to plan for and carry out your plan? 6. Identify what Personal Resources you bring to support your action plan and how these resources will support your attaining your goals