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SPCL 7922 Multicultural Counseling and Consultation (Elizalde-Utnick): Module 1: Culturally Responsive Practice: Cultural Humility and Multicultural Counseling Competence

Fall 2024

TASK LIST TO PREPARE FOR CLASS SESSION

Please complete the following PRIOR to our class session:

1. Getting to Know You Questionnaire

Go to Brightspace Announcements for the questionnaire link.

2. Brightspace Discussion Board

Go to Brightspace to the Discussion Board link and post to the "Please Introduce Yourself" forum.

3. Brightspace Journal Entry

Go to Brightspace and complete the Journal Entry: "Exploring Cultural Messages & Heritage."

4. Videos

View the 50-second video, Make Your Reading Count before doing any of the readings. After, view the video, Speak Up in Class for strategies to help you participate more in class.

5. Readings

Read the assigned articles (linked below). It is recommended that you take notes, as it fosters a deeper processing of the material. The password is posted on Blackboard (Announcements).

Lopez & Elizalde-Utnick

Wilkerson: America's Enduring Caste System

6. Prepare for In-Class Quiz (RAT#1) at the Beginning of Class

Review your notes from the readings. The 5-question multiple-choice quiz will be on the two assigned readings.

You will be taking the quiz individually and then again with your team.

SUMMARY

In this session we will begin by forming teams. We will then discuss class norms for brave spaces. This will be followed by the quiz on the readings. Students will see a snapshot of the course's training modules, and we will go over course requirements. Students will then engage in several application activities and team and whole-class discussions on: cultural humility and multicultural counseling competence (i.e., awareness, knowledge, and skill); sociocultural identities; and Isabel Wilkerson's portrayal of America's 'caste' system, and how it relates to the school psychologist's work with marginalized students and their families.

VIDEO: MAKE YOUR READING COUNT (0:50)

SESSION SLIDES & MATERIALS

JOURNAL REFLECTION

Exploring Cultural Messages and Heritage

  1. Reflect on messages you received in childhood/adolescence (either direct or indirect, verbal or nonverbal) from elder family members about other cultures, races, and religions. What are some negative and positive stereotypes you learned at this time and how did you react then? What are your thoughts now? (adapted from Gallardo, p. 47
  2. Our names tell a lot about who we are and where we came from. Do you know what your first, middle, and last names mean or refer to? Where does your name come from? Why were you given these names? Have you ever thought of changing your name or have you changed your name? Why? Has anyone ever assumed you were a particular ethnicity because of your name? Were they correct? Partially correct? All wrong? (adapted from Korn, 2016)

OPTIONAL/SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO: CULTURAL HUMILITY (16:50)

OPTIONAL/SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO: CASTE (1:05:55)