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        | working with strengths found both in people seeking help and in their environments. Gives attention to the client's basic dignity and to the resilience they exhibit as they try to overcome challenges in their life |  | 
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        | Ecological Systems Perpective |  | Definition 
 
        | look at client holistically, within the context of their transactions with a variety of biological, psychological, social and cultural environent |  | 
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        | Social Justice Perspective |  | Definition 
 
        | enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people with particular attention to the needs andempowement of peoplle who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty |  | 
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        | A way to ensure that everyone matters and everyone is heard |  | 
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        | civil and political rights. Meanat to ensure freedom from restricting one's individual libery |  | 
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        | aimed at ensuring social justice, freedome ffrom want and participation in the social, economic, and cultural aspects of life |  | 
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        | The multidimensionality and complexity of the human cultureal experience where multiple idetities come together or intersect. |  | 
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        | occurs when persons or groups are perceived as being outside the boundary in which values, rules, and consideration of fairness apply |  | 
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        | Ethnocentric monoculturism |  | Definition 
 
        | Belief in inferiority of others (racially/ethnically marginalized groups) and superiority of own group (one’s own cultural heritage is superior to others). Power to impose a standard and decide appropriate behavior desirable in society. |  | 
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        | societal privileges that benefit people identified as white in Western countries, beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances (unearned). Often don’t even realize they are receiving these benefits, take them for granted. |  | 
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        | is any behavior or pattern of behaviors that tend to systematically deny access to opportunities or privileges to an individual or members of one racial group while allowing members of another racial group to enjoy those opportunities or privileges. |  | 
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        | creates structural barriers that exclude certain groups from social resources, access and power while simultaneously benefit the majority group. A set of policies, practices and normative behaviors designed to oppress minority individuals and groups and force them to be dependent on the larger society |  | 
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        | a learned condition that is expressed with racist, sexist, homophobic, or similar beliefs in an unfavorable feeling such as hatred, and , or hostility towards an excluded group of individual members |  | 
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        | an action resulting from prejudices |  | 
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        | a structural form of discrimination |  | 
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        | when the labor of one social group are transferred to benefit another group |  | 
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        | A situation where under-inclusion leads to outgroups who are adversely affected and are invisible to the dominate group |  | 
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        | the group with the most power and influence, not necessarily the group with the most people |  | 
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        | The groups that have been systematically excluded from power and opportunities for advancement |  | 
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        | the processs by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all clutures... |  | 
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        | pattern of behavior that includes thoughts, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, etc. |  | 
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        | dimensions of cultural awareness |  | Definition 
 
        | Cultural awareness, knowledge acquisition, skil develoopment |  | 
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        | Components of Cultural Copetence |  | Definition 
 
        | 1)becoming aware of one's own values 2)Understanding the worldviews of culturally diverse clients
 3) Devloping appropriate intervention strategies and techniques
 4) understanding organizational and institutionial forces that enhance or diminish cultural competence
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