2.12d — Cultural Fit Check

Use it when Before using these tools with somebody whose background differs from yours.

It is done when You have named one assumption you were about to apply.

Watch it

The same teaching, narrated — what the tool is, why it works, how to run it, and what usually goes wrong.

The page

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• Whose rules are you applying? Where did your ideas about coping come from?
• What have I assumed about how this person should express what they are feeling?
• What have I assumed about who is involved — family, community, elders, faith, no one?
• What have I assumed about whether asking for help is a relief or an exposure for them?
• Where a tool in this book may not fit their context — and what I will adapt or set aside
• The question I will ask instead of assuming

Check what stayed 2 questions

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1. WB 2.12d — Cultural Fit Check. When do you build this page, and when do you use it?

   What the material says

   Before supporting someone whose background, culture, community, generation or circumstances differ from yours. Revisit as you learn more.

   Where this comes from — Use it when

2. WB 2.12d — Cultural Fit Check. What does finished look like on this page?

   What the material says

   You have named at least one assumption you were carrying and one question you will ask instead of assuming.

   Where this comes from — It is done when

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