{"id":134,"date":"2023-03-21T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/?post_type=bulb-learning-module&#038;p=134"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:37:52","slug":"acknowledging-family-identities-experiences-expertise","status":"publish","type":"bulb-learning-module","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/lessons\/acknowledging-family-identities-experiences-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"ACKNOWLEDGING Family Identities &#038; Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;Dialoguing with families promotes &#8230; responsive environments,&#8221; <\/strong>says parent Josephine Lorya-Ozulamu. We invite dialogue with families<strong> <\/strong>to<strong> understand their expertise and experiences<\/strong>, which include those related to their cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/03\/New-Recording-11.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"family with children outside seated in the grass with a kite\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/files\/2023\/02\/pexels-pnw-production-8576432-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you\u2019ll explore strategies to effectively partner with the families of individuals with whom you work by acknowledging the entirety of who they are: their social identities, values, lived experiences, traditions, wisdom, etc. <strong>This is an ongoing, critical part of your practice because:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Acknowledging families&#8217; backgrounds is central to offering support tailored to them and their beliefs<\/li><li>Acknowledging families can positively influence behavioral health outcomes and quality of life.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">This lesson facilitates practice:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Explaining how family members\u2019 identities, values, lived experiences, and expertise are central to authentic, full family partnership, <\/li><li>Prioritizing family members&#8217; values to guide and determine support processes, and<\/li><li>Describing, recognizing, and implementing the skills of encouraging partnership, compassionate responding, and demonstrating understanding.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">  <strong><strong>Navigate to Next Page:<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span>Click 2<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulb-pagination\" aria-label=\"pagination\">\n\t<div class=\"bulb-pagination-label\">Page 1 of 3<\/div>\n\n\t<span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/lessons\/acknowledging-family-identities-experiences-expertise\/the-value-of-values\/ class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a href=https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/lessons\/acknowledging-family-identities-experiences-expertise\/encouraging-partnership\/ class=\"inactive\">3<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":22121,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"template":"","bulb-courses":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulb-learning-module\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulb-learning-module"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bulb-learning-module"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22121"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulb-learning-module\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2828,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulb-learning-module\/134\/revisions\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bulb-courses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/familypartnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulb-courses?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}