Cross Cultural Counseling Skills for International School Counselors - COUN-X563

Course Description

Develop Skills for Counseling International School Students

To be a counselor in an international school requires culturally focused skills and sensitivities. This course explores the skills and resources necessary to be a culturally competent counselor and provides a practical approach to running effective School Counseling programming for international school communities. Through case presentations, simulations, and other active participation strategies, participants will explore and practice skills related to:

• The ideal and real role of the International School Counselor
• Third Culture Kids and Adults
• Understanding and supporting students, parents and teachers coping with transient populations
• Ethical cultural dilemmas faced by International School Counselors

Learner Outcomes

This class will fulfill the learning objectives as outlined in CACREP Standard F.2:

• Cross cultural and pluralistic characteristics within and among diverse groups internationally
• Theories and models of cross cultural counseling, cultural identity development, and social justice and advocacy
• Cross cultural counseling competencies
• The impact of heritage, attitudes, beliefs, understandings, and acculturative experiences on an individual's views of others
• The effects of power and privilege for counselors and clients
• Help-seeking behaviors of diverse clients
• The impact of spiritual beliefs on clients' and counselors' worldviews
• Strategies for identifying and eliminating barriers, prejudices, and processes of intentional and unintentional oppression and discrimination

Course Details

Number of Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours

Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for:

• Candidates who wish to work or are employed as school counselors in international schools
• Recent graduates, career changers, aspiring counselors, and educators who wish to develop their competencies in the field of school counseling

Course Format:  Online Fixed-Date (fully online).

Refund Policy: To receive a refund, students need to drop the course at pce.sandiego.edu through their student account portal before midnight (11:59PT) on the third day of the course. The refund of the course fee will be returned less a processing fee of 10% of the course tuition. No refunds will be issued after this deadline.

Enrollment Open Through:  The first day of class or until maximum enrollment has been met. If maximum enrollment has been met then please add yourself to the Waitlist.

Course Materials: All students will be supplied with access to materials via Google Drive. The Google Drive contains additional required reading materials which will be updated often. The instructor will give a week's notice before covering them in class. The following list of 'recommended' texts are provided to assist students in building a professional library, but may not be explicitly covered in class.

• Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century by Tanya Crossman available at Amazon.com or your local bookstore
• Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile by Lois Bushong available at Amazon.com or your local bookstore
• Culture and Identity: Life Stories for Counselors and Therapists by Anita Jones Thomas and Sara Schwarzbaum available at Amazon.com or your local bookstore

Technical Requirements

Applies Towards the Following Certificate(s), Professional Programs and Series

• International School Counseling Certificate : Required Courses