L.MHC 635 - Social and Cultural Diversity

1. Multicultural and pluralistic trends, including characteristics and concerns within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally;
2. Attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences, including specific experiential learning activities designed to foster students’ understanding of self and culturally diverse clients;
3. Theories of multicultural counseling, identity development, and social justice;
4. Individual, couple, family, group, and community strategies for working with and advocating for diverse populations, including multicultural competencies;
5. Counselors’ roles in developing cultural self-awareness, promoting cultural social justice, advocacy, and conflict resolution and other culturally supported behaviors that promote optimal wellness and growth of the human spirit, mind or body; and
6. Counselors’ roles in eliminating biases, prejudices, and processes of intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination.