To prepare:
Review Chapters 10 and 11 in the Erford course text and focus on the
importance of human development and multicultural awareness.
Review the media program found in the Learning Resources for this
week and think about the first time you realized you were “other.”
Reflect on how this self-awareness impacted your cultural beliefs.
Note: “Otherness” is a broad concept. It can be intense, such as
experiencing racial prejudice, or more subtle, such as feeling
uncomfortable in unfamiliar social situations. Otherness is a universal
human experience and can look and feel many different ways.
Take the Multicultural Self-Assessment (Petrone, 2004) in the Learning Resources and save your results. Please note:
the assessment is a self-reflection tool. It does not yield a numerical
score; your interpretation of the process and results is the outcome.
Take two Harvard Implicit Bias self-assessments of your choice from https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
Reflect on your personal attitudes, cultural beliefs, biases,
behavior, and world view and how these factors might impact your
delivery of counseling techniques.
Reflect on your level of self-awareness, the importance of cultural
awareness to the practice of clinical mental health counseling, and any
changes you plan to implement as a result of the self-assessments.
Assignment: Journal Entry (3-4 pages)
Use the Multicultural Awareness Journal Template to create your journal entry. In your journal entry, include the following:
Summaries and reactions to the self-assessment results and reflection process
Summarize the results of your Multicultural Self-Assessment.
Identify which Harvard Implicit Bias self-assessments you took and summarize the results
Explain how your results might make sense in light of the cultural influences in your life and/or your life experiences.
Reflections on being “other
Based on the media for this week, briefly tell the story of the first time you realized you were “other.”
Discuss your reactions to your realization of being “other.”
Explain how your developmental stage impacted your experience of “otherness.”
Implications for personal development and professional practice
Describe perceived gaps in cultural competency and actions you plan
to take as a result of the self-assessment and reflection process.
Explain the importance of multicultural awareness and cultural competency to the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
Required
Readings
Erford, B. T. (Ed.). (2018). Orientation
to the counseling profession: Advocacy, ethics, and essential professional
foundations (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
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Chapter 10, “Human Development
Throughout the Life Span” (pp. 311–336)
·
Chapter 11, “Multicultural
Counseling” (pp. 337–372)
Woodbridge, L., & Rust O’Beirne, B. (2017). Counseling
students’ perceptions of journaling as a tool for developing reflective
thinking. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 9(2).
Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.7729/92.1198
Petrone, M. C. (2004). Multicultural
self-assessment. In M. D. Cox & L. Richlin (Eds.), Building
faculty learning communities (pp. 122–123).
San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
Required
Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2010).
Cultural competence: The first time I knew I was other [Video file].
Baltimore, MD: Author.
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