Counseling the Culturally Different: Implications for Bilingual Psychological Service Provision

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This course is a practicum course that supplements the counseling theory courses in the Psy.D program by focusing on the theory and practice of providing counseling services for bilingual populations. The focus of the course will be on providing counseling services for bilingual populations. The focus of the course will be on providing counseling services to bilingual children and adolescents and their families. The course will focus on helping students to: develop sensitivity to cultural and sub-cultural differences; understand barriers that exist in cross-cultural counseling; understand the processes of cultural accommodation and assimilation, and cultural identity formation; and understand the implications that bilingualism has for the counseling process. An additional focus of the course will be on helping bilingual students adjust to the educational programs that are being offered in the school and community settings. Issues related to helping other professionals recognize and develop skills for cross cultural counseling will be discussed.