CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICE
PHE5CRP
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject you will address the issue of culture and diversity in the practices of counselling and art therapeutic work. Your learning will be directed towards enhancing your ability to work with individuals and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds; with a special emphasis on working with indigneous and refugee communities. Issues of diversity and difference will be more broadly explored in relation to groups within society which are seen to diverge from 'dominant' culture. You will be invited to explore your own values in relation to difference and toleration as the basis for developing 'culturally responsive practice'.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Patricia Fenner
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in HMCOUN - Master of Counselling or HMART - Master of Art Therapy.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Students must have passed all first year subjects before they can proceed on to the second year subjects.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | The handbook of transcultural counselling and psychotherapy | Prescribed | Lago, C. (2011) | OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS: MAIDENHEAD (ELECTRONIC RESOURCE/LTU LIBRARY) |
| Readings | Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice | Prescribed | Purdie, N., Dudgeon, P. & Walker, R. (Eds) (2010) | COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA |
| Readings | Culturally Adaptive Counselling Skills: Demonstrations of evidence-based practices | Recommended | Gallardo, M.E., Yeh, C.J., Trimble, J.E. & Parham, T.A. (Eds) (2012) | SAGE: CALIFORNIA |
| Readings | Difference and diversity in counselling: contemporary psychodynamic perspectives | Recommended | Wheeler, S. (Ed) (2006) | PALGRAVE: NEW YORK |
City, 2014, Week 19-25, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Patricia Fenner
Class requirements
Seminar
Five 6.0 hours seminar per study period on saturday during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500-word case study | 50 | |
| 2,000-word reflective essay | 50 |