Facilitating Social Justice Service Delivery and Advocacy Through Multicultural Counseling Competencies

Many post-secondary institutions have added courses dealing with diversity-related topics in their curriculum over the last decade. Because many professionals will encounter people with disabilities or underrepresented groups in their daily vocations either as peers or people seeking services it is essential to understand the unique challenges these individuals face in society. Facilitating Social Justice Service Delivery and Advocacy Through Multicultural Counseling Competencies explores how social variables intersectionality and multicultural competencies are connected to one of the essential words in the diversity lexicon: advocacy. Each section underscores the importance of certain social variables and how one might be perceived and treated in the classroom workplace and interacting with community services. Covering topics such as disability competencies trauma-informed counseling strategies and race and identity this premier reference source is an excellent resource for administrators and educators of both K-12 and higher education librarians students of higher education social workers health professionals mental health counselors guidance counselors researchers and academicians.