Hays ADDRESSING Model Template
COMPLETE ALL AREAS OF THIS TABLE FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT
An example of a partially completed table is provided on the next page.
Cultural Group (according to the ADDRESSING model)
How You Identify
Implications for your work. Consider where you have privilege, and what groups might be easy or difficult to work with.
A. Age (and generational influences).
Generation Z, 22 years old.
Feel very comfortable with my age working with old and young people.
D. Disability (developmental).
None
D. Disability (acquired).
None
R. Religion and spiritual identity.
Catholic
E. .
Hispanic/ Latino
S. Socioeconomic status.
Middle Class
S. Sexual orientation.
Heterosexual.
Comfortable working with people despite their sexual identity.
I. Indigenous heritage.
None
N. National origin.
Cuba
My first language is Spanish, sometimes it makes it difficult for me.
G. Gender.
Female
After filling out the table above, review your entries. Then use the space below and respond to the following:
Based on your entries to the table above, evaluate three areas where you have privilege and three areas where you do not (this is also part of the first discussion in this course). Provide examples of each.
Evaluate how your own cultural identities or other factors may possibly influence you to have any biases in relation to others with different cultural identities.
Analyze the implications your cultural identifications may have on your professional relationships.
