Title

Creating Cultural Competence: An Outreach Immersion Experience In Southern Africa

Keywords

Counselor training; Cultural awareness; Disaster counseling; Outreach and immersion experiences

Abstract

With disasters on the rise, counselors need to increase their cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills to work with affected communities. This study reports outcomes of a four-week immersion experience in southern Africa with six counselor-trainees. Data sources for this qualitative study were: daily journals and demographic forms. Outcomes suggest that sustained contact with community residents and daily supervision experiences served to improve cultural awareness. Recommendations include pushing through students' resistance using a non-linear dynamic model of transformation. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Publication Title

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volume

33

Issue

4

Number of Pages

335-346

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-011-9138-0

Socpus ID

83355169602 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/83355169602

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