PSY 637 Cultural Competencies
May 2018
Please Note: Syllabus readings are incorrect and will be updated this week.
Take Home Final Due Last Saturday of Class by midnight.
From the Hays & Erford text:
Chapter 1:
1. Describe the factors that relate to racial and ethnic minorities under-utilizing counseling services and terminating counseling prematurely.
Chapters 4, 5, and 7:
2. How is racism related to classism and sexism? How would you help empower and/or advocate for your clients who experience discrimination based on any of these variables? Give one example for each variable.
Chapter 6:
3. Describe the various challenges faced by LGBTQI youth of which counselors should be aware. How do mental health stereotypes of LGBTQI people contribute to discrimination and prejudice?
Chapter 8:
4. Explain some of the factors to consider when counseling individuals with disabilities. Give examples.
Chapter 9, 11, 12 and 13:
5. As a multi-culturally sensitive counselor, what do you need to specifically incorporate in your practice when working with families of: 1) African descent, 2) Asian descent, 3) Latin descent and 4) Native American descent? Respond to each culture’s needs separately and support your answer with evidence from the text.
From the Sue, Gallardo and Neville text:
6. Choose only ONE of the following case studies to answer. (Do NOT answer more than one case study. You will only earn points for one case study.)
Choose either Chapter 2:
Read the case of Treating “Depression” in a Dying Native Relative: The Story of Will, and answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on pages 23-24.
Or Chapter 4:
Read the case of Margaret Can’t Do It by Herself Anymoreand answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on pages 51.
Or Chapter 15:
Read the case of The White Picket Fence Life: The Story of Marisol, and answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on page 221
From the Hays & Erford text:
Chapter 1:
1. Describe the factors that relate to racial and ethnic minorities under-utilizing counseling services and terminating counseling prematurely.
Chapters 4, 5, and 7:
2. How is racism related to classism and sexism? How would you help empower and/or advocate for your clients who experience discrimination based on any of these variables? Give one example for each variable.
Chapter 6:
3. Describe the various challenges faced by LGBTQI youth of which counselors should be aware. How do mental health stereotypes of LGBTQI people contribute to discrimination and prejudice?
Chapter 8:
4. Explain some of the factors to consider when counseling individuals with disabilities. Give examples.
Chapter 9, 11, 12 and 13:
5. As a multi-culturally sensitive counselor, what do you need to specifically incorporate in your practice when working with families of: 1) African descent, 2) Asian descent, 3) Latin descent and 4) Native American descent? Respond to each culture’s needs separately and support your answer with evidence from the text.
From the Sue, Gallardo and Neville text:
6. Choose only ONE of the following case studies to answer. (Do NOT answer more than one case study. You will only earn points for one case study.)
Choose either Chapter 2:
Read the case of Treating “Depression” in a Dying Native Relative: The Story of Will, and answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on pages 23-24.
Or Chapter 4:
Read the case of Margaret Can’t Do It by Herself Anymoreand answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on pages 51.
Or Chapter 15:
Read the case of The White Picket Fence Life: The Story of Marisol, and answer the Reflection and Discussion Questions on page 221
