Forensic psychology professionals serve diverse populations. What are some of th

Forensic psychology professionals serve diverse populations. What are some of the diverse populations you might encounter in your field experience? How might your experiences, values, biases, and/or attitudes influence your ability to work professionally and effectively with these populations? These are important questions to consider as you continue to build your multicultural competencies as a forensic psychology professional.
This week, you reflect on personal challenges you might encounter when working with diverse populations at your field experience setting. Then you examine the multicultural guidelines developed by APA and AP-LS that you can use to address personal challenges. You also continue to research your Final Project topic.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this week, you will be able to:
Analyze personal challenges related to working with diverse populations in the field experience setting
Apply APA and AP-LS multicultural guidelines to address personal challenges related to working with diverse populations in the field experience setting
Retrieve articles for a literature review related to the Final Project
Cite and annotate articles for literature review
Multicultural Competency
Forensic psychology professionals work with and serve diverse populations characterized by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, language, and/or socioeconomic status. Most professionals, particularly those who have not been exposed to different cultures and/or groups, may initially find working with diverse populations challenging. In your field experience setting and in your future career as a forensic psychology professional, you also may encounter personal challenges related to working with diverse populations. As a result, it is important to anticipate and address these challenges as they arise. To anticipate challenges, you must reflect on how your own experiences, values, biases, and attitudes might impact your work with diverse populations. To address challenges, you must be aware of and integrate APA and AP-LS multicultural guidelines into your work with diverse populations.
Resources
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
By Day 4
Post by Day 4 a description of the diverse populations served in your field experience setting. Then explain two challenges you might encounter when working with individuals in these populations based on your own past experiences, values, biases, and attitudes. Finally explain how you might address these challenges while adhering to the APA and AP-LS multicultural guidelines. Be specific and provide examples to illustrate your explanation.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 6
Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion.
Expand on your colleague’s posting.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
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Annotating Scholarly Resources
This week you continue to work on your Final Project due in Week 11. Searching for, identifying, and annotating scholarly resources builds a strong base for a comprehensive research paper. By now, you should have identified most of the resources you will utilize in your paper. As you continue to review the literature on your practical or scientific topic, go back to Week 1 and re-examine the research paper requirements. Doing so will help ensure you are choosing appropriate resources and fulfilling the requirements for the paper.
The assignment (1–2 pages):
Use the Walden Library, Internet, and other sources to research the practical or scientific topic you selected for your Final Project (Note-This topic was submitted to your instructor in Week 2 and you should have already received approval).
Cite and annotate two articles from peer-reviewed journals that you will use for your Final Project.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course
Resources
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
By Day 7
Submit your assignment by Day 7.
Submission information
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Learning Resources
Required Readings
American Psychological Association (2017). Multicultural guidelines: An ecological approach to context, identity, and intersectionality, 2017. http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/multicultural-guidelines.aspx
American Psychological Association (2008). Report of the APA Task Force on the implementation of the multicultural guidelines. http://www.apa.org/about/policy/multicultural-report.pdf
American Psychological Association (n.d.). Specialty guidelines for forensic psychology. https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/forensic-psychology
Optional Resources
Walden University Library (n.d.). Technical Help: Home. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/technicalhelp