blog entry number 2

LOL!! THIS CLASS IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING! :-)

Definitions


Cultural- Of or relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society.

Ethnicity-The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

Stereotype-A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing:  Examples: All blacks eat watermelon and fried chicken, All hispanic do landscaping, All whites are racist.

Prejudice-Preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience typically about a race of people. However can include such things as religion and women.

Discrimination- The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Isms- A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group

Oppressions-Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control by an authority.

 Hey Y'all!


Learning to be a competent advocate for the many different races, religious beliefs, and lifestyles is mandatory when moving towards becoming a competent counselor and advocate. Counselors should ask themselves if they feel competent to work with these types of multicultural clients.  The counselor competencies are relatively new to me and I am learning just how incompetent I am when it comes to some aspects of multicultural counseling. I learned a lot about the counselor competencies in the professional identity class and realize that I have a long way to go to become a competent counselor once post taking that class and taking this survey. I now have a better understanding of the many competencies there are but I remain clear that I am not yet competent within all areas. The results of my advocacy assessment I believe reflect that I am not as confident as I would like to be about being a competent counselor, advocate and working with others to advocate for all my clients. As a minority I am glad that attitudes have shifted and that there are such things as counselor competencies an advocacy for our clients in a way that they can relate to. I as a counselor am charged with the responsibility of learning how to competently advocate and counsel others outside of my own origin and I am excited about that. I am also excited that others are charged with the responsibility of learning how to help people within my race as well.