Chapter 4 Flashcards
Culturally responsive practices
practices that acknowledge and celebrate cultural differences and strengths in ways that include and promote learning for ALL students
Culturally responsive practices
School psy cannot know everything about culture
School psy should be
-are committed to honing their multicultural competence across their lifetime
-must push through the discomfort and reflect on yourself
Ongoing self-assessment about
our awareness (or lack of) and our inclination (or
reluctance) to serve all students well
White privilege
benefits White people have simply because they are White
Oppression
can be maintained through social norms
“it has always been this way”
Culturally responsive school psychologist
acknowledges the consequences of racism and works to combat it
Implicit biases
Implicit bias includes the subconscious feelings, attitudes, prejudices, and stereotypes an individual has developed due to prior influences and imprints throughout their lives
Microaggressions
Microaggressions are common, everyday slights and comments that relate to various aspects of one’s appearance or identity such as class, gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, mother tongue, age, body shape, disability, or religion, among others.
Has equality been fulfilled?
Equality has yet to be fulfilled. There is still and educational achievement gap, disproportionate representation in Special Education, and unequal punitive disciplinary measures
Multicultural awareness of privilege and oppression
as they relate to one’s own worldview, values, biases, and misconceptions, and how these may differ from those of the colleagues with whom we work and the students and families that we serve
Multicultural knowledge concerning broad issues (race and racism)
and the worldviews of culturally different student groups that help us understand the broader landscape of diversity in today’s schools.
Multicultural skills
related to culturally appropriate intervention strategies.
