Social Justice Advocacy Training: An Innovative Certificate Program for Counselor Education

Authors

Katherine A. Feather, Northern Arizona UniversityFollow
Tiffany M. Bordonada, University of ScrantonFollow
Kimberly A. Nelson, Fort Valley State UniversityFollow
Kathy M. Evans Ph.D, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc010205

Abstract

The authors outline an innovative certificate program that promotes the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Massar-McMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2015) and how counselor education programs can commit to a social justice approach. In addition, the authors provide a detailed summary of the certificate program that requires counselors-in-training to move beyond a multicultural understanding of diverse cultural worldviews so that they commit to becoming social change agents and take action on issues of equality and justice. Limitations and implications for counselor educators are presented.

Recommended Citation

Feather, Katherine A.; Bordonada, Tiffany M.; Nelson, Kimberly A.; and Evans, Kathy M. Ph.D (2019) "Social Justice Advocacy Training: An Innovative Certificate Program for Counselor Education," Teaching and Supervision in Counseling: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 5.
https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc010205
Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/tsc/vol1/iss2/5