Sch Couns Special Populations

Catalog description

School counselors are ethically obligated to maintain the highest respect for student diversity, respecting students’ and families’ values, beliefs, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identification/expression and cultural background. School counselors exercise great care to avoid imposing personal beliefs or values rooted in one’s religion, culture, or ethnicity. As leaders, advocates and systemic change agents, school counselors are in a position to collaborate with stakeholders to create a positive school and community climate that embraces diverse backgrounds and abilities, helping to promote students’ academic, career and social/emotional success. This course helps students to foster increased awareness, understanding and appreciation of diversity in the school community. Understand how prejudice, privilege and various forms of oppression affect students and stakeholders.