PYD874 Economic Disparities in Counseling (2 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): Completion of first year coursework (24 credits)
This course focuses on attitudes, understanding, and behaviors related to poverty and other monetary issues. Research, theory, and clinical issues and implications are examined. This course also focuses on roles of the psychologist as educator, researcher, clinician, organizational change agent and policy developer, and the application of the constructs of multiculturalism and diversity to various professional settings. Issues related to social justice and a personal exploration process are addressed.
 

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Evaluate professional practices with regards to economic conditions and barriers to treatment.
2. Evaluate research and theory regarding evidenced-based practices from a multicultural psychological perspective.
3. Identify class values and assumptions underlying research and program development in the field of psychology.
4. Conceptualize individuals according to multiple cultural contexts that intersect with economic realities in people’s lives.
5. Integrate culturally appropriate skills into counseling, supervision, consultation, and other applied psychological practices.