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COM567 Development and Diversity - Excelsia College

Assessment Description

- Students are required to research and prepare a 2500-word essay identifying how the diversity-related issues outlined below have influenced and affected (positively and/or negatively) their:
(i) overall development (approximately 750 words);
(ii) their present functioning (approximately 750 words).

- Further, students are required to:
(i) specify which diversity-issues need to be further examined/explored (for example, within their personal therapeutic work), and what benefits might be derived from addressing issues in terms of their development and functioning (approximately 500 words)
(ii) to consider how current diversity-related issues might affect (positively and/or negatively) their cultural awareness and multicultural competence in the therapeutic setting (approximately 500 words).

- Students are expected to demonstrate professional and personal insight in relation to their consideration of these issues.

- Diversity-related issues (four [4] of the following six) to be addressed in relation to development and functioning include:
1. religious/spiritual tradition/heritage
2. social class
3. ethnicity/cultural background
4. gender
5. sexual orientation
6. disability and/or illness
- Students should employ section headings to organise their essay.

Attachment:- Development and Diversity.rar