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Social And Multicultural Foundations –
cnsl557
(3 credits)
This course is designed to be a foundation for understanding diversity among clients in a pluralistic society. Emphasis will be on integrating awareness, knowledge, and skills related to counseling differences and similarities based on age, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliations, gender identification, sexual orientation, physical/mental limitations, social class, etc.
This graduate-level course is 6
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Cultural, Lifespan, and Lifestyle Misunderstandings
- Demonstrate newly acquired insights and strategies that reflect the differences of diverse populations.
- Examine the concerns and struggles often facing cultural counselors in a predominantly European-American, youth-oriented and able-bodied society.
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Counseling Interventions for Diverse Populations
- Identify cross-cultural issues and interventions for real or hypothetical cases.
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Cultural Counselor Competencies/Ethical Considerations
- Utilize newly acquired insights and strategies that reflect cultural competence.
- Describe the characteristics of an effective cultural counselor.
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Sociopolitical, Educational, Career, Social, and Personal Growth
- Evaluate the educational, professional and social struggles often facing diverse groups in a predominantly European-American, youth-oriented, and able-bodied society.
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Individual Differences and the Counseling Process
- Examine the similarities and differences in how various cultures define the role of the counselor and the role of the client.
- Evaluate how counseling reflects the worldview of the dominant culture and the potential effects on non-dominant cultures.
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Individual Differences and the Counseling Process
- Explore personal biases, prejudices, and limitations associated with worldview.
- Define worldview, culture, ethnicity, prejudice, privilege, and related concepts.
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Overview of Cultural Counseling: Current State of the Profession
- Identify emerging standards concerning delivery of services in mental health.
- Explore contemporary issues.
- Examine the historical development of cultural counseling.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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