COM567 Development & Diversity Assignment-Excelsia College Sydney Australia.

Subject Code & Title: COM567 Development & Diversity
Assignment Type: DIVERSITY ESSAY
Word Count: 2500 words
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
(ii) their present functioning
COM567 Development & Diversity Assignment-Excelsia College Sydney Australia.

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
(ii) to consider how current diversity-related issues might affect (positively and/or negatively) their cultural awareness and multicultural competence in the therapeutic setting

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

Diversity-related issues (three [3] of the following five) to be addressed in relation to development and functioning include:
1.religious/spiritual tradition/heritage;
2.societal, ethnic and cultural history;
3.gender and/or gender identity;
4.sexuality and/or sexual orientation;
5.disability and illness

Students should employ section headings to organise their essay.

COM567 Development & Diversity Assignment-Excelsia College Sydney Australia.

The essay should be written in the first and/or third person as appropriate.

Assessment Criteria:

• Articulates a clear theoretical and conceptual integration of contemporary developmental, and society and culture literature, contextualised to their own developmental narrative.
• Reflects on the interface between three (3) of the following five issues: significant socio-cultural; religious/spiritual; gender and/or gender identity; sexuality and/or sexual orientation; and disability and illness aspects of their history and individual development and current functioning.
• Demonstrates insight into how their experiences regarding diversity-related issues affect cultural awareness and multicultural competency in the therapeutic setting.
• Demonstrates insight into the potential benefits derived from addressing diversity-related issues in terms of their development and functioning.
• An academic essay which:

COM567 Development & Diversity Assignment-Excelsia College Sydney Australia.

(i) includes all relevant sections of an essay;
(ii) complies with the Counselling Course Information Booklet relevant to the preparation and presentation of an essay (provided in ExO);
(iii) is compliant with the Beginner’s guide to the APA 6th ed. referencing style manual (provided in ExO),including full in-text citation and inclusion of a reference list;
(iv) uses ideas and argument effectively, demonstrating critical reading and critical thought (i.e.arguments are well developed and presented), and evidencing comprehension and synthesis of ideas;
(v) evidences appropriate use and inclusion of relevant literature (a minimum of 12-13 seminal works and/or contemporary peer-reviewed articles, chapters from academic works, books, etc.) showing breadth and depth of research; and
(vi) abides by the word limit policy (no more than 10% over or under the word allowance).