This course represents an in-depth study of the clinical skills necessary for school psychologists to work effectively with multilingual, multiracial, and culturally diverse populations. This experience-based course will develop multicultural competence, specifically awareness, knowledge, and skill related to cultural, racial, linguistic, ethnic, gender, sexual identity, age, ability, and socioeconomic factors that influence and shape behavior and development, including privilege and oppression in each of these areas. Personal history, literature, and films will be analyzed in the contexts of acculturation, identity, and systemic oppression. Current research and theoretical and applied knowledge in this field will be reviewed. Students will integrate theoretical and applied knowledge in written assignments and presentations.
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These are SPCL students in a TBL course with Prof. Elizalde-Utnick. They are discussing and deciding on the best seating arrangement when conducting a counseling session with a parent and interpreter.
Welcome to SPCL 7922!
All the readings and materials that you will need for the course are located on this website. Enjoy exploring the site before our first class on Thursday, September 5th. Yes, our first Monday class is on a Thursday - Welcome to Brooklyn College and its conversion days!
Please print the syllabus and bring it with you to class.
Many of the session activities are available to you to preview before and review after each session. We will go over course requirements and this website during our first session.
I wish to thank Professor Miriam Deutch, Coordinator, Brooklyn College Open Educational Resources Initiative, for the opportunity to participate in this project.
Special thanks go to Colin McDonald, OER Developer, who designed and formatted this website. His patience, talent, and creativity are remarkable and greatly appreciated.
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Credits: Header image from Pixabay, released free for use. Syllabus image is a TBL cartoon from Sibley and Spiridonoff at the Centre for Instructional Support, University of British Columbia.
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This open educational resource was created as part of the CUNY and SUNY 2017-19 Open Educational Resources Initiatives. Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature awarded CUNY and SUNY $16 million to implement open educational resources to develop, enhance and institutionalize new and ongoing open educational resources across both universities.
Special thanks to the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs, the CUNY Office of Library Services, Brooklyn College Administration and Professor Miriam Deutch, Coordinator, Brooklyn College Open Educational Resources Initiative. Site design and formatting by Colin McDonald, OER Developer.