Cultural Competence Experience

Being aware of how our own cultural competence informs our experiences and perceptions is essential when involved in a helping relationship. Read and complete Exercise 2.6, “Appraise Your Ability to Work With Diversity,” on page 25 in your Exercises in Helping Skills: A Manual to Accompany The Skilled Helper text. Note: This text will be referred to as your exercise manual throughout the remainder of the course. For this discussion: Discuss your highest and lowest scores on the self-assessment.  Relate your high and low score to the content you read about in Chapter 2 of your The Skilled Helper text. Consider your results on the Kuder Task Self-Efficacy Scale media presentation. Are your interests, values, and diversity competence a good fit for the human service field? Artistic 1. Paint or sketch portraits, landscapes, or other objects in oils, watercolors, or charcoals. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 2. Create a statue or other works of art Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 3. Examine oil paintings to determine the need for restoration, and use scientific and artistic techniques to restore them to their original appearance. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Musical 4. Spend long hours developing and perfecting your musical talent. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 5. Conduct a marching band in a half-time show at a football game. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 6. Interpret music using knowledge of harmony, melody, and rhythm. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Mechanical 7. Watch a panel board and adjust the throttle and valves to regulate turbines which generate electricity. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 8. Direct operations of a major generating plant of an electrical power system. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 9. Coordinate engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance activities of a cross-country pipeline. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Scientific 10. Conduct experiments to detect the presence of harmful bacteria in the water, food supply, or general environment Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 11. Conduct experiments with growing bacteria to develop new information about diseases. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 12. Conduct experiments by breeding animals or plants to study characteristics passed from parents to offspring Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Outdoor 13. Plant, cultivate, and harvest many farm crops. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 14. Milk, breed, and care for dairy cows. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 15. Plan projects for cutting timber and replanting forests. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Clerical 16. Take dictation in shorthand and type letters or other documents from your notes. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 17. Prepare reports and insurance-claim forms for customers. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 18. Prepare correspondence and keep records for a board of education. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Computational 19. Establish computational methods and input computer data to analyze problems in aircraft designs. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 20.Plan and write computer programs for control of automated operations. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 21. Convert business problems into numbers and symbols for electronic data processing. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Literary 22. Write novels about historical events. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 23. Write dialogue for television programs. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 24. Write the speech for a local celebrity to give at a banquet. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Social Service 25. Help elderly persons feed or dress themselves in a nursing home. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 26. Provide general nursing care to patients in a hospital. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 27. Help a prison parolee find jobs or psychological help. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence Persuasive 28. Call people on the telephone to sell them products. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 29. Arrange and conduct demonstration parties in people’s homes. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence 30. Go door to door trying to sell magazines. Not Confident at All A Little Confidence Neutral Confident Absolute Confidence You have completed this activity! You have completed the Kuder Task Self-Efficacy Scale. View your scores for each category below. Your Scores: Thank you for completing the Kuder Task Self-Efficacy Scale. You could score 0 – 12 in any category. The higher your score the greater your confidence in that category. As a Human Service Learner, you may have scored high in the Social Service category. In which category did you score above 6? This may indicate you have talent or interest in this area. Information from the Kuder Task Self-Efficacy Scale can help direct you in your career path and finding satisfying ways to spend your free time to avoid burn out in your career. This information can be added to your profile. Artistic (6 out of 12) Musical (6 out of 12) Mechanical (6 out of 12) Scientific (6 out of 12) Outdoor (6 out of 12) Clerical (9 out of 12) Computational (9 out of 12) Literary (8 out of 12) Social Service (12 out of 12) Persuasive (6 out of 12) Submit Activity  Transcript  Was this media helpful? Licensed under a Creative