This article describes biculturization as an effective process for planning an IEP or an intervention. They illustrate the process through a merger of the McGill Action PLanning System (MAPS) with an indigenous Hawaiian social work process known as 'Ohana Conferencing.
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"Biculturalization consists of merging a Western or
mainstream collaborative planning process with practices
that are familiar to individuals from different cultures... consists of five steps:
• identify the important values in the ethnic culture which can be used in the merged approach;
• choose a Western approach with a theoretical framework and values that are compatible to the ethnic cultural values of participants;
• analyze an indigenous approach familiar to the ethnic participants in order to determine what can be reinforced and integrated into the Western approach;
• develop a framework and approach that integrates the values and techniques of the ethnic culture and the indigenous and Western approaches; and
• apply the Western intervention by explaining the approach and how it reinforces cultural values and indigenous approaches."