The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with the opportunity to create and deliver a presentation concerning conducting multiculturally competent counseling with a diverse group of individuals. Each group/person should prepare a 15 minute presentation that could be given to a group of school or clinical counselors at a professional conference. . The content of the presentation should focus on the competencies of knowledge of the diverse population and culturally appropriate intervention strategies.  In other words – best counseling practices when working with your population of choice.  Take what you have learned in class, in the readings and through independent research to prepare your presentation.

Things to consider including in your presentation are:

1) What counseling considerations should be considered when working with this population?  What may prevent someone from your population of choice from seeking counseling services?

2) What trauma-informed treatment techniques have been found to be effective in working with this population?

3) How could the client's own personal life experiences/worldview impact the counseling relationship in positive or negative ways?  What can the counselor do to prevent negatively impacting the counseling relationship?

The population you choose for your presentation should be different than the population you chose for your immersion experience. 

(CACREP 2024, 3.A.11, 3.B.2, 3.B.3, 3.E.7, 3.E.13, 3.E.20)

You will be recording this presentation with audio and uploading it here for your classmates to view.  The presentation is due by week 5. Between week 5 and week 6 view all your classmates presentations and leave them some constructive feedback on what you saw.  The classmate feedback will be part of your presentation grade. To upload your presentation use the button  above.  It may take a bit to upload so please be patient.  It should look like a hyperlink in the discussion but it should work.  Please let me know if you have any problems.