1. Family Function & Culture

2. Levels of family functioning  Based on work of Abraham Maslow

3. Foundation

4. Roof and Framing

5. Inner Space

6. Fine Art of Living

7. Activity:  Complete the House activity page in your notebook.

8. Culture and Society  The beliefs, traditions, habits and values controlling the behavior of the majority of the people in a social- ethnic group. These include the people’s way of dealing with their problems of survival and existence as a continuing group.  Learned behavior of people including their belief systems, language, social relationships, their institutions and organizations, and their material goods, food, clothing, buildings etc.  www.iteawww.org/TAA/Glossary.htm, www.nde.state.nv.us/sca/standards/standardsfiles/social/geoglos.html www.iteawww.org/TAA/Glossary.htm www.nde.state.nv.us/sca/standards/standardsfiles/social/geoglos.html

9. Cultural Considerations If we could at this very moment shrink the earth’s’ population to a village of precisely 100-but maintain the existing human ratios-it would look like this : 57Asians 21Europeans 14Western hemispheric people 15(North & South Americans) 8Africans 70Non-white 30White 70Non-Christian 30Christian 70Unable to read 50Malnourished 80Live in substandard housing 1University graduate 50% of the entire world’s wealth would be in the hands of 6 people – all citizens of the United States. Source: From an ERIC Search of United Nations Demographic Data, September 1, 1985. These statistics were compiled by a Chicago Public Schools administrator and were taken from the Association for Retired Citizens Newsletter, Vol. 16, June 1990.

10. The effect of culture on the individual:  Culture is a framework through which actions are filtered or checked as individuals go about daily life (Anderson & Fenichel).

11. Communicating with cultures different from your own.  Approach people as individuals.  Find out about other cultures.  Be open to new ideas.  View each culture as good and working.  Think cultural differences not barriers.  Be clear about who you are.

12. Activity 3.3  Think about your values.  Check yes or no to each statement as it applies to you.  Discuss as a group.

13. Cross cultural competence:  Be professional.  Know about your own culture.  Be sensitive to others beliefs.  Know that becoming culturally competent is a lifelong task.

14. Closing thoughts on families & culture.  We all may have come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. Martin Luther King, Jr.