The first concept identified in Dr. Smokowski’s discussion is that acculturation occurs on many levels which can cause adolescents to feel stressed due to trying to live within bicultural expectations. Involvement and expectations of the home or culture of origin versus the involvement and expectations placed on adolescents by the larger United States culture can lead to issues between home life and school. These differences cause adolescents to adapt and change their beliefs and values to try fit into the cultural norms of the new culture adding to the stress at home.
The second concept is based on the link between acculturation stress and an adolescents risk behaviors. Adolescents can perceive that they are being discriminated against …show more content…
I would then begin to assess the child’s background to determine if they were born in the United States or in their family’s country of cultural origin. If the child immigrated to the United States, I would learn more about the length of time in residence in their new home state as well as in the country. This information would help in gaining a better understating of the adolescent’s cultural experiences. Next, I would start to explore individual levels of acculturation including home and family connections to their culture of origin. Acculturation between school and friends would also be addressed. I would use reflective listening skills to provide encouragement while focusing on the child and family’s strengths being mindful to include their cultural …show more content…
The same approach would be used to assess the parental level of acculturation and experience. It could be useful to families to offer broader experiences around the topic of acculturation stress. This could be achieved by bring families together that share the same language and culture including the same types of acculturation stressors. Using information gained from the podcast, a topic based educational framework would work better than a support group style of treatment. Ground work for this type of multiple family style treatment could be accomplished by gathering data while working with Latina/o children, their individual families and their
The second concept is based on the link between acculturation stress and an adolescents risk behaviors. Adolescents can perceive that they are being discriminated against …show more content…
I would then begin to assess the child’s background to determine if they were born in the United States or in their family’s country of cultural origin. If the child immigrated to the United States, I would learn more about the length of time in residence in their new home state as well as in the country. This information would help in gaining a better understating of the adolescent’s cultural experiences. Next, I would start to explore individual levels of acculturation including home and family connections to their culture of origin. Acculturation between school and friends would also be addressed. I would use reflective listening skills to provide encouragement while focusing on the child and family’s strengths being mindful to include their cultural …show more content…
The same approach would be used to assess the parental level of acculturation and experience. It could be useful to families to offer broader experiences around the topic of acculturation stress. This could be achieved by bring families together that share the same language and culture including the same types of acculturation stressors. Using information gained from the podcast, a topic based educational framework would work better than a support group style of treatment. Ground work for this type of multiple family style treatment could be accomplished by gathering data while working with Latina/o children, their individual families and their