The divorce rate in the United States remains at an all-time high. Using the textbook, lectures, the Internet, and a minimum of three scholarly sources from the GCU Library, research and compare the impact of divorce on preschool, school-age, and adolescent children.
Hays, P. A. (2008). Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Sue, W., & Sue, D. (2013). Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Counseling has a history of perpetuating bias through diagnosis and assessment. In this Application Assignment, you apply cultural competence to a counseling assessment.
For this Application Assignment, review the case study “The Case of Mrs. Hudson” Consider the case study in terms of a culturally competent diagnosis. Think about the issues involved in culturally competent assessment and their impact on counseling.
The Assignment:
With the case study in mind, in a 2- to 3-page paper: Not including title and reference page
- Develop a culturally relevant assessment of symptoms of the client in the case study. Focus on the concerns specific to Mrs. Hudson’s culture.
- Summarize the major issues in conducting a culturally competent assessment and explain how they might affect the process and progress of counseling.