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Cultural Responsiveness In Education And Counseling: Strategies And Interventions With Multiracial Individuals, Peeper Mcdonald
Cultural Responsiveness In Education And Counseling: Strategies And Interventions With Multiracial Individuals, Peeper Mcdonald
National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change
With the rapid growth of the Multiracial population, it is imperative that counselors and educators are equipped with culturally responsive practices, strategies, and interventions for working with this population. Suggestions on how to underscore cultural responsiveness will be given andcommon issues to consider when conceptualizing the Multiracial population will be discussed.
Courageous Conversations In Counseling About Race, M. Ann Shillingford-Butler Ph.D., Kimberly Harris
Courageous Conversations In Counseling About Race, M. Ann Shillingford-Butler Ph.D., Kimberly Harris
National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change
The United States (U.S.) is known as the “melting pot” and is characterized by diversity (Matthews, Barden, & Sherrell, 2018). While the U.S. is culturally diverse, it is not culturally equal. Racial tensions have escalated recently, and psychologically harmful microaggressions are experienced by minorities across a multitude of settings, daily (Davis, DeBlaere, Brubaker, Owen, Jordan, Hook & Van Tongeren, 2015). Counselors must demonstrate cultural humility to be effective counselors in relationships where worldviews and values will inevitably clash (Davis et al., 2015, Hook, Watkins, Davis, Own, Van Tongren, & Ramos, 2016). Being culturally humble is a “lifelong commitment to self-evaluation …
The Not So Incredibles: Marginalization Of Black Families, Ann Shillingford
The Not So Incredibles: Marginalization Of Black Families, Ann Shillingford
National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change
The Incredibles, superhero film, depicts a family forced to hide their super powers due to fear from the public. The family maintains their secret identities while living everyday lives. Black families and individuals are no strangers to “masking” their true identities. This presentation focuses on the parallel existence of those who are marginalized and the harsh realities of societies cultural insensitivities.