Competency 2

Engage Diversity and Difference in

Practice
 Practice Behavior 2.1
Apply and communicate understanding of the
importance of diversity and difference in shaping
life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo,
and macro levels.
• I would do this by ensuring that I talk with each
client in a way that shows knowledge of that
individuals culture, and takes into account
experiences that they have gone through as a
result of their culture and how it may have
effected them because of where they grew up.
 Practice Behavior 2.2
• Present themselves as learners and engage
clients and constituencies as experts of their
own experiences.
• When talking to individuals, I will ask them
questions about the things that they have
experienced so that I can learn more about
them as a person and how they feel there
experiences affected them.
 Practice behavior 2.3
• Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to
manage the influence of personal biases and
values in working with diverse clients and
constituencies.
• When I was talking with a person during my
internship he mentioned working with a specific
group of people which I had a bad experience
with. However because I was aware of my
feelings in regards to that community I did not let
personal biases or values change the way that I
interacted with him.