Title: Identify diverse needs and challenges.
Course: Family and Human Services I (19999-I) > Section: Describing the Diverse Needs of Individuals and Families

Identification should include examples of environmental, financial, physical and mental health, cultural, and social needs and challenges.

Identification should also include the concept that certain disadvantaging conditions (e.g., availability of resources) may affect all aspects of human services.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is a disadvantaging condition?
- Why is it important to identify people with diverse needs and challenges?
- What are some services that people with diverse needs and challenges typically need?
- How do biases of society influence the provision of services to people with diverse needs and challenges?

Communication

- How do people with diverse needs and challenges communicate their needs?
- How do human services professionals communicate their decisions regarding the provision of services?
- How do human services professionals educate the community about the needs of people with diverse needs and challenges?

Leadership

- What responsibility does a community have in providing services for those in need?
- What skills are needed to relate to those with disabilities?
- Why is it important for human services providers to be culturally sensitive?

Management

- Why is it important for human services personnel to provide multilingual services?
- What are some obstacles in the delivery of family and human services? How does a provider determine client needs?