Part One: You may use your textbook (1.Sue, David, Neville, & Sue (2018). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 8th edition. Wiley & Sons; NJ. SBN 9781119448242) and other peer-reviewed articles to find (3) key theoretical points that are important to understand people from diverse backgrounds and to provide them with best practices counseling. Explain the concepts and write how these ideas can be applied in your personal and professional life. 4-5 pages.
Part Two: Write a case study (or “life story”) about yourself. Include a critical incident that conveys some challenges you have faced related to your own unique culture and personal development. Explain how self-understanding of your own cultural background and your unique micro-culture can be useful for any counseling you may do. 2-3 pages.
Must follow APA style and list your textbook and peer reviewed reference list at the end of your paper. Remember, most if not all paragraphs in your paper should have at least one in paragraph citation, most paragraphs will have more than one.
Background info for the “life study” portion of the paper: I am a Caucasian, female, who grew up in a predominately white community, lower-middle class family. I did not have much exposure outside of my community until young adulthood when I became a teacher and taught at a school that was predominately African american. You can say it was definitely a “culture shock!” and I learned a lot about their culture over that year. I am recently working in a school as a school counselor where we have a high population of Burmese and Zomi students. I have learned about their culture over the past year, to better meet their needs. This is just very surface level info that can be used for the case study – please add in anything that can better answer/meet the requirements for the 2nd part of paper (as outlined above).