Cultural Interventions

This paper discusses Motivational Interviewing model as intervention model for correcting eating disorder behavior. I will adopt the model to develop intervention program for Audrie, an 18 year old Asian girl and a college freshman, who lived in the University dorm. Audrie was referred to the university counselling center, because she lost 15 pounds after her college admission due to eating disorders. This paper will also explore the history of the model as well as the underlying implicit and explicit assumptions associated with. Also, I will discuss the formation of the intervention, the overall impression of the model and way of applying the model. In conclusion, I will discuss how this model can be used to help correct eating disorder of my case study and work Audrie through preparing for changes.

The purpose of this assignment is to increase self-awareness of the student by analyzing personal nutritional intake and activity routine throughout the course. In turn, the student will be able to help others modify their diet and activity, and improve overall wellness. An examination of a personal food and activity assessment will provide the student with essential data from which to change their health and wellness behaviors.

Precious’ mother exhibit’s extremely authoritarian parenting style and some aspects of neglectful parenting. Her authoritarian parenting comes in the form of her need to always be in control and exerts that control on Precious. She always wants things to be done her way and does not give precious a chance to have a say in anything. She tells Precious she should not go to school but rather rely on welfare checks. She wants precious to cook for her whenever she wants. She does not show any warmth or affection for Precious or her two

Per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly one in three children age two to nineteen in America are obese or overweight, putting them at risk for serious comorbidities. Like many illnesses, obesity reduces the life expectancy and quality of life of those affected. The impact of obesity on children and adolescents’ physical, social and emotion wellbeing can be extremely devastating. The body mass index which most obese children suffer from limit their ability of be mobile. In addition to this, they may endure a change in their academic performance due to their health status. Obese children are less likely to perform to their full potential in school (Wang and Veugelers, 2013). On an emotional level, many obese children and adolescents suffer from low-self-esteem. These self-confidence issues may arise as they start feeling self-conscious about their weight. Unfortunately, at this age, kids tend to highly value their peers’ opinions. This can be negative or positive depending on the individual, but it is most likely going to be negative for obese children. Their peers’ opinions can impact the way they view themselves. Bullying can become a problem, as they constantly worry about their peers teasing them about their weight. It is not easy building self-confidence when one’s self-image is constantly are belittled and scrutinized. Per Wang and Veugelers (2013), a study shows that children’s self-esteem and academic performance decrease due to obesity. Adolescence is a phase in which a person builds and develops not only self-confidence, but his or her personality. Due to this fact, it is extremely important for them to have a strong self-esteem and personality as they grow Moreover, it is essential for policymakers to focus on creating programs to reduce obesity among children because it is the easiest, and best way to lower the national obesity rate. Children are constantly growing in

*Trauma narrative and processing— Precious will be participating in gradual exposure exercises, which will include verbal, written, or symbolic recollections of the traumatic events that she endured. With these traumatic events will most likely come thoughts that are negative, such as her being overweight is the reason she was abused or simply because she is african american is why she is abused. All of these thoughts have come to Precious’ mind and with this portion of the treatment those negative thoughts would be targeted.

I will discuss what I will do as a group leader and what is expected of them as members. I will also let group members know that this is a positive group environment and we are here to lift each other up and not tear each other down. We will also discuss self-esteem and why it is important to have a positive self-image perception. The next session will be spent explaining the Invisible Self Model of Wellness to the girls. I will show them the diagram while explaining the different components of the model. The IS model is intended for the development of wellness programs to facilitate positive growth and change across the life span (Myers, Sweeney, & Witmer, 2000). Exploring and examining this model will help the girls realize that an improved sense of self-esteem will affect different aspects of their life. The next few sessions will focus on identifying positive attributes within themselves. Using the wellness wheel, they will identify strengths in different aspects of their life. They will develop strategies on using their strengths to overcome the weaker factors on their wellness wheels. We will also discuss self-doubt and how it can affect our self-esteem. We will discuss negative

How do they create an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment where all children, youth, and families can take pride in their cultural identities, beliefs, and practices?

My cultural immersion focus is on the religious war in Nigeria. One of the interesting things I found in my research was that, in Nigeria the Christian faith and the Muslim faith represents the greatest percentage of religions. I also learned that the Christians and Muslims pray every day several times a day. With that being said, I wondered if they believed in a higher entity prayed every day, who they are praying to? And what is their belief system based on? (question 1) Since their Christian faith seems to be divided into Catholic, Protestant or some other, I decided to attend a typical Catholic Church service and a Friday mid-day Muslim prayer service. Maybe I should not have used the

A cultural change needs to have an integrated approach that includes multiple diversity initiatives. Those include: leadership commitment, effective organizational communication about diversity, clarity about how diversity fits within the

The organization I would like to lead in a cultural change is a non-profit I have been a volunteer at for over a year. In order to respect the privacy of this non-profit, I will refer to them by the name of Timely. In my time spent at Timely, I have noticed lack of diversity in the board members, employees, and volunteers. The non-profit works towards helping those from a diverse background and demographic. Therefore, I have thought for some time that Timely needs to find ways to diversify their organization to reflect those they are reaching out to help.

Cultural responsiveness is an ever-present challenge faced by professionals in our field. Due to the opportunities and freedoms our nation offers, the influx of diverse individuals and accompanying challenges will only increase. Culture is a lens through which we each filter our personal experiences. Because each of us possess our own implicit biases, it is critical that as clinicians we routinely conduct self-assessments in order increase our awareness of them. Throughout my practice and clinical training I have continually conducted personal needs assessments to target potential areas for personal growth. I believe that my efforts to do so have furthered my mission to provide culturally sensitive services.

The five steps are as follows, Define the health problem, Identify the risk factors associated with the problem, Develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem, Implement interventions to improve the health of the population and Monitor those interventions to assess their effectiveness (Schneider, 2013, p. 11).

In this case study, we looked at the life of Iris Oh who is suffering from an eating disorder. Iris Oh 19-year-old Korean girl who moved to the California when she was a newborn. Coming in as an immigrant her parents had to work hard to raise Iris and her two siblings. Growing up she was obese and in middle school, she started losing weight. When she was a sophomore in high school, she got raped leading her to be depressed and anxious. She is in college and lately, her parents have been worried about her because she is not eating and she is not seeing her

Intervention proposal - The effect of CRA instruction on numeracy skills and attitudes towards maths of a year 7 student

In the film, Precious is a sixteen-year old girl who leads a rather lonely life, for she has no friends and is obese. Her father is a negligent and sick father, who rapes her from time to time, and has been doing so before she could even learn to crawl- since she was three years old. The film shows Precious in her second pregnancy, with both of them as results of her father’s vicious acts. Her mother is possibly the worst and unimaginable character. Naturally, mothers are expected to be supportive of their daughters, but this is not the case with hers. Her mother is a mean woman, who abuses her in every way possible- physically and emotionally especially. She hits her with steel kitchenware without any provocation. All these harsh realities make her to adopt an unhealthy lifestyle and habits like eating junk food and leeching off the welfare they are provided with in their poor conditions. However, the most adverse effect of the abuse is the psychological effects. Her mother’s articulation of her life is that Precious is worthless and will fail in the world. Precious lives in the Harlem ghetto of New York City. Precious is an illiterate sixteen-year old who does not know how to read or write. Her mother, Mary, is