School counselors can assist students with self-reflection through multicultural counseling and social justice advocacy. The assignment Invites you to take a moment to reflect and ask yourself:
How do you culturally identify? Additionally, please include the identities (woman) or identity intersections (low income, Latinx, Chinese man) you identify with and describe why. Moreover, when you look at a photograph of yourself, what do you think others see in terms of your cultural background based on your physical features? Lastly, what do you see about yourself?
Create your family tree genogram with a summary of key points, issues, and events that have had an impact on who you are today. In addition, what in your family’s background influenced your beliefs, values, attitudes, occupational and career choices, achievements, family rules? Have you changed any of your beliefs, values, attitudes, rules, choices over the years? To what or whom do you attribute these changes? Lastly, describe any personal perspectives or insights you experienced as a result of this assignment.
Instructions
- Read all required resources for this module, which can be found in the Course Resources section of this course.
- Leaning on this module’s resources, discussion, and presentation, reflect on your cultural backgrounds and create a Family Tree Genogram based on Cultural Reflection. In this family tree genogram, please be sure to do all of the following:
- Construct a family tree genogram (significant friendships or other relationships in which you consider significant may be included). You are to include: names of maternal/paternal grandparents, parents and siblings, you and your siblings, and other significant family members.
- For each person, include the following: birth date/age, ethnic background, birthplace, religious affiliation, date of marriage/relationship status, level of education, occupation/career, values, interests, hobbies, and other important descriptors. This is to be incorporated in your family tree genogram.
- Describe family cultural values: roles, discipline, sexuality, finances, relationships; feelings, independence, communication, caregiving, dating, illness, family secrets, etc. Values and beliefs: education; career/work/job/occupation; marriage and divorce; children/pregnancy/abortion; male/female roles; leaving home/independence; illness/medical care; other ethnic groups; religion; treatment of different generations, rites of passage, socioeconomic status; celebrations (quinceañeras, sweet sixteen, anniversaries, graduations, etc.) Significant events that impacted on the family: War, natural disasters, accidents, marriages, divorce, children, death, etc.
- Describe how many people are in your family (if known); where you were born; where your parents and grandparents were born; generational status (e.g., immigrant, 1st generation U.S. born, etc.); and views/experiences of acculturation. What do you know about your family’s immigration history/entry into the United States? Describe. How do you and your family members align with Dominant American Values? Do the “American” values differ within the cultural dynamics of your family and socialization?
- Include at least two additional resources for students to learn more about multicultural counseling and social justice advocacy
- Please include APA citations: in-text and in a References section at the end of the family tree genogram.
- Submit your family tree genogram by Sunday.
- Recommended: use a free design tool, such as Canva, Piktochart, Google Sites, etc., to create your family tree genogram (see Additional Resources below)
- Please save your family tree genogram as a .pdf for submission, or if you use Google Sites, be sure to publish the site and share the URL.