TRAINING OVERVIEW:

This introductory cultural skills and competency training is designed to  provide practitioners with the opportunity to learn the principles and components of a Cultural Competency Model. Participants will be engaged in a variety of educational activities that will address cultural diversity issues and their impact in working effectively with culturally diverse communities. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this training participants will:

    Recognize the significance of culture and how it affects the therapeutic process,

    Develop insight into their own cultural attitudes and values may hinder effective counseling and networking with people of diverse cultural backgrounds,

    Verbalize the historical and cultural experiences of communities of color and recognize its’ influence on help-seeking behaviors and;
Define cultural competence and describe how it relates to counseling and the delivery of culturally relevant services.