{"id":13,"date":"2023-04-18T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T13:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-07-16T22:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T22:43:56","slug":"developing-reflective-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/building-the-case-management-relationship\/developing-reflective-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Reflective Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reflective practice <\/strong>is the ability to honestly reflect on your thoughts, experiences, feelings, and actions and use this assessment to improve the way you work with others. As a helping professional, this is a crucial step to providing unbiased, authentic, and nonjudgmental support to those with whom you work. The ongoing process of self-discovery and examination of your own beliefs, strengths, weaknesses, and responses will help you to adjust your practice, based on what you discover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some keys to reflective practice include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Examining your unconscious biases and assumptions that stem from your own life experiences and beliefs&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acknowledging how your culture and background may influence your perspective on working with others different from you&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognizing your emotional triggers and using healthy coping strategies to respond appropriately and professionally&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploring your purpose, or the deeper \u201cWHY,\u201d for doing this work&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking stock of your own strengths and weaknesses and working to improve&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checking in frequently on your stress level and putting self-care practices in place to manage your stress&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking others for feedback on your style, practice, and interpersonal skills&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns streetNav is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column streetNavLeft is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"prevStreet\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/building-the-case-management-relationship\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11\">Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column streetNavRight is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"nextStreet\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/building-the-case-management-relationship\/understanding-development-across-the-lifespan\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15\">Understanding Development Across The Lifespan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflective practice is the ability to honestly reflect on your thoughts, experiences, feelings, and actions and use this assessment to improve the way you work with others. As a helping professional, this is a crucial step to providing unbiased, authentic, and nonjudgmental support to those with whom you work. The ongoing process of self-discovery and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1531"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrant.familyengagementdycdconnect.nyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}