Cultural
Identifiers – Challenges and Responses
Example One:Child does not celebrate birthdays
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Two:Limited/No parent support OR overly demanding parent
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Three:Other students complain that there is an aroma of curry as a particular
child passes by.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Four:Wheelchair bound student requests a desk at the back of the room, farthest
from the door in an overcrowded classroom.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Five:Before school starts, a student is found sleeping on the restroom floor.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Six:Student declares to the class his or her membership in the LGBT club.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Seven:Student from the middle school is isolated by other students in his or her
freshman high school class.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Eight:The ideas of the only female in a technology class are ignored by her
classmates.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example Nine:Asian Indian student does not respond to a question in Spanish.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example 10:Student is always chosen last for teams at recess.
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
Identify Appropriate Response(s):
Example 11:Student enters the room and says “How ya’lldoin’!”
Cultural Identifier:
Identify Potential Challenge(s):
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