Title: NVAA Learning Activity: Chapter 8: Respecting Diversity: Responding to Underserved Victims of Crime Series: Training Manual Author: Office for Victims of Crime and National Victim Assistance Academy Published: June 2002 Subject: organizational leadership 4 pages 3,950 bytes ------------------------- NVAA Learning Activity Chapter 8: Respecting Diversity: Responding to Underserved Victims of Crime INSTRUCTOR GUIDELINES Key Concepts/Objectives to Emphasize in Instruction and Learning Activities: 1. The vast array of cultural differences in the United States. (8-1 to 8-31) 2. Principles of culturally-proficient interactions with crime victims. (8-3 to 8-6) 3. Specific practices of culturally-proficient victim services. (8-6 to 8-14) Objective: 1. Understand what it feels like to be categorized or prejudged based on limited information about who individuals are. Description of Activity and Faculty Guidelines: The culture in which we are raised greatly influences our attitude, beliefs, values, and behavior. In order to provide sensitive and effective services to victims, witnesses, and survivors from cultures that are different from our own, two things must occur: o An awareness of our own cultural values and beliefs and recognition of how they influence our attitudes and behavior. o An understanding of the cultural values and beliefs of the agency and its employees and how they influence our attitudes and behavior. It is important that the instructor for this exercise be comfortable with and skilled at working with potentially sensitive discussions and reactions concerning diversity issues. The instructor passes out the student worksheets, and asks each student to complete it individually. Then the instructor facilitates a full group discussion (orally, without tear sheets), utilizing the three questions on the worksheet: o Advantages/disadvantages? o Anything missing from the descriptions? o How did it make you feel? Can Be Utilized As: __X__ Individual Activity _____ Small Group Activity __X__ Large Group Activity Anticipated Amount of Time Required: 20 Minutes o 03 minutes to distribute student worksheets. o 08 minutes for students to complete worksheets. o 09 minutes for full group processing of student responses and feelings. RESOURCES NEEDED (Please check all that apply:) _____ Tear sheets and felt pens _____ VCR/monitor _____ Overhead projector and screen/LCD and laptop _____ Blank overhead transparencies and overhead pens _____ Masking tape _____ Index cards __X__ Individual or group worksheets __X__ Timer _____ Other (please describe): ---------------------------- STUDENT WORKSHEET ASSESSING YOUR OWN SOCIAL IDENTITY "Who Am I?" Instructions: Circle all items in each of the four columns that best describe you. A Lower Class Middle Class Upper Class Militant Radical Liberal Moderate Conservative Indifferent Republican Democrat B Anglo Saxon American White Black Negro Hispanic Latin American African-American Irish American Asian-American Immigrant C Female, Male Married, Single, Separated Wife, Mother Father, Husband Stepparent Grandparent Aunt, Uncle Daughter, Son Sister, Brother Grandchild Niece, Nephew D Business Person White Collar Worker Professional Technician Blue Collar Worker Skilled Worker Student Service Provider I best describe myself as [pick one from each column]: Column A ________________ Column B ________________ Column C ________________ Column D ________________ 1. What is the advantage and disadvantage of being this type of person in my professional life? 2. Was there something that you would like to add to each column that describes you, but it is not on the list? Why? 3. How did these descriptions make you feel?