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Adaptive Tapestry is a new textbook for cultural competence and diversity courses in social work. This book takes the position that professional competence cannot exist in the absence of cultural competence. If culture is the lens through which we all experience and navigate our world, social work efforts and interventions must also be practiced and experienced through a cultural lens. Therefore, the ever-evolving achievement of professional competencies requires - unequivocally - attention to matters of culture, diversity, equity and inclusion. The focuses on the micro-mezzo-macro spectrum, and how cultural competence changes in those contexts. The first part focuses on making the student aware of their own attitudes; the second part treats the class as a community for learning about diversity; the third part focuses on learning about cultural competence through field practice.
List of contents
Module 1 - First Position Cultural Competence - SELF
Chapter 1 - "A Look in the Mirror"
Chapter 2 - "Professional Self versus Personal Self"
Chapter 3 - "Self as Colleague"
Module 2 - Second Position Cultural Competence - Class as Community
Chapter 4 - "Your FIRST professional community"
Chapter 5 - "Peer Consultation"
Chapter 6 - "Empathy 101"
Module 3 - Third Position Cultural Competence - Field Practicum
Chapter 7 - "The Field Environmental Scan"
Chapter 8 "Understanding Client Diversity in the Context of Service Delivery"
Chapter 9 - "The Culture of Supervision"
Module 4 - Forth Position Cultural Competence - Professional Practice
Chapter 10 - "The Mindful Social Worker" Chapter 11 - "My Dream Job"
Chapter 12 - "Cultural Competence Capstone"
About the author
Dr. Stacey D. Hardy combines her background/training in social work (M.S.W., 1988), clinical psychology (Ph.D., 1994), law (J.D., 2006) to promote transformative experiential learning, leadership and organizational development. She came to George Mason University and then to Fairfax County after having served as the Director of Field Education for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Social Work for nearly 13 years. While at UNLV, she was administratively active in such diverse capacities as Graduate Coordinator, Child Welfare Title IV-E Coordinator and Assistant Director of the School of Social Work. In 2008, she was the recipient of the NASW-Nevada Chapter Social Worker of the Year Award. She developed the curriculum for UNLV's forensic social work certificate program which she also coordinated from 2005 to 2011. She is a past-president of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Forensic Social Work.
Dr. Hardy is deeply committed to building intra- and inter-agency partnerships and fostering interdisciplinary collaborations. Scholarly and service interests include clinical supervision, management, professional and organizational development, and cultural competence. In addition to her work in higher education, she is currently the Organizational and Staff Effectiveness Manager for Fairfax County Virginia, Department of Family Services.
Summary
Adaptive Tapestry is a new textbook for cultural competence and diversity courses in social work. This book takes the position that professional competence cannot exist in the absence of cultural competence. If culture is the lens through which we all experience and navigate our world, social work efforts and interventions must also be practiced and experienced through a cultural lens. Therefore, the ever-evolving achievement of professional competencies requires – unequivocally – attention to matters of culture, diversity, equity and inclusion. The focuses on the micro-mezzo-macro spectrum, and how cultural competence changes in those contexts. The first part focuses on making the student aware of their own attitudes; the second part treats the class as a community for learning about diversity; the third part focuses on learning about cultural competence through field practice.
