post carries two assignments
In 500-750 words, write an essay that addresses the following: racial discrimination in the education environment is a controversial topic of racism discrimination is dominant between whites and blacks in various American societies and in the K-12 system
1. Discuss your own placement on the cultural competence continuum in relation to the controversial issue you chose to write about in this course.
2. Reflect on what factors throughout your life resulted in your place on the continuum.
3. Reflect on where you would like to be on the continuum to be an effective educator who respects individuals with differing personal and family backgrounds, and who has various skills, abilities, perspectives, talents and interests, including any steps you could take to help you get to that point.
4. Conclude by describing the effect the controversial issue you have chosen may have on you as a future teacher, and on your future students. Offer potential solutions for the issues you identified that you could implement in your future classroom.
2:The Use of Immediacy
In this module, you learned about the identification of client themes and core issues, as well as interpersonal interventions that can address these issues. Research has shown that regardless of theoretical orientation or specific techniques, the strength of the relationship between the therapist and the client appears to be the strongest predictor of client change. In previous modules, you learned about mindfulness and therapeutic presence as key concepts that contribute to the therapeutic relationship. For your discussion question in this module, you will build upon these therapist characteristics and discuss a related concept, the therapist’s use of immediacy.
Tasks:
In a minimum of 300 words, post to the Discussion Area your response to the following:
Define and discuss the ways in which the following concepts and therapeutic tools are related when used in the counseling process: immediacy, process comments, and a here-and-now focus. Give an example of something a counselor might say in a session that would incorporate all three of these concepts and explain how each concept is exemplified.
After describing these concepts, reflect upon your own comfort level and sense of confidence in using these tools with clients in your future work as a counselor. What do you see as the risks of using these more relationally focused interventions with clients, and what do you see as the benefits?
