Comparing Multicultural With General Counseling Knowledge and Skill Competency for Students Who Completed Counselor Training

Abstract

this study evaluates the effectiveness of a counselor education program in teaching multicultural counseling knowledge and skills. standardized examination scores and rater evaluations compare multicultural with general counseling knowledge and skill competency for students who completed a counseling master's program. the relationship between multicultural knowledge and multicultural and general skills is examined. este estudio evalúa la efectividad de un programa educativo para consejeros a la hora de enseñar conocimientos y habilidades multiculturales en consejería. se emplean tanto resultados estandarizados de exámenes como evaluaciones docentes para comparar los conocimientos de consejeria y la competencia en habilidades de tipo general con los multiculturales en estudiantes que han completado un Máster en consejería. se examina la relación entre conocimientos multiculturales y habilidades generales y multiculturales.

Infusing Social Justice Advocacy into Counselor Education: Strategies and Recommendations

“…Yet according to Cates et al (2007), and in our experience, similar attention to awareness and knowledge related to counselors' roles as leaders and advocates and competent advocacy practice is lacking. Similar to the infusion of cultural considerations across the curricula, attention may also be brought to advocacy considerations.…”

Evaluation of Service‐Learning‐Infused Courses With Refugee Families

“…Furthermore, students can benefit from programs that extend training beyond the classroom experience by providing opportunities for students to engage with culturally and racially diverse individuals in the community (Alexander, Kruczek, & Ponterotto, ; Barden & Cashwell, ; Tomlinson‐Clarke & Clarke, ). Community engagement may be a particularly important training experience given that some counselor education graduates report not feeling equipped to work within culturally diverse settings (Arthur & Achenbach, ; Cates, Schaefle, Smaby, Maddux, & LeBeauf, ). Furthermore, when evaluating skill development, counseling students rate their multicultural skills lower than their general counseling skills (Cates et al, ).…”

“…Community engagement may be a particularly important training experience given that some counselor education graduates report not feeling equipped to work within culturally diverse settings (Arthur & Achenbach, 2002;Cates, Schaefle, Smaby, Maddux, & LeBeauf, 2007). Furthermore, when evaluating skill development, counseling students rate their multicultural skills lower than their general counseling skills (Cates et al, 2007). Thus, real-world experiences are an essential component of training culturally competent counselors (Diaz-Lazaro & Cohen, 2001;Mio, Barker-Hackett, & Tumambing, 2006;Sevig & Etzkorn, 2001).…”

Multicultural Curriculum Designs in Counselor Education Programs: Enhancing Counselors-in-Training Openness to Diversity

“…Castillo et al (2007) and Kiselca, Maben, and Locke (1999) reported that students who participated in a multicultural training course gained insight into cultural biases and selfawareness of their own cultural identity. Similarly, students in CACREP-accredited programs who received multicultural training in the form of either a multicultural counseling course or program-wide infusion of multicultural content increased their multicultural knowledge (Cates et al, 2007). Taken together, these studies indicate that multicultural training enhances the knowledge-base for counselors-in-training, and may subsequently increase the level of multicultural effectiveness for counselors in the field.…”

“…Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Dorota Celinska at dcelinsk@roosevelt.edu and Roberto Swazo at roberto.swazo@uni.edu multicultural competencies regardless of the pedagogical approach (Brown, 2004;Castillo, Brossart, Reyes, Conoley, & Phoummarath, 2007;Cates, Schaefle, Smaby, Maddux, & LeBeauf, 2007; Chu-Lieu Chao, Wei, Good & Flores, 2011;Malott, 2010;Pack-Brown, Thomas, & Seymour, 2008;Sammons & Speight, 2008;Tomlinson-Clarke, 2000). However, it remains a paramount challenge to find the curriculum designs for implementing the multicultural standards that most effectively enables counselors in the field to apply their multicultural knowledge and skills with diverse populations.…”