PSY 669 - Diversity Seminar

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This seminar continues throughout the first year and builds on professional identity development and integration of socially responsible practice values and skills. In the last term of this seminar, students will continue to explore and integrate the personal and professional impact of working with diverse communities, drawing from their service-learning practicum experiences. They will begin to consider strategies and personal growth areas for socially responsible practice in clinical settings with diverse clients. They will engage in discussions and structured activities that facilitate reflection on their experiences and development of values and skills consistent with social justice. This seminar is intended to support the acquisition of knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity for considering systems and social context in clinical work. Students will recognize the need to develop relevant skills regarding individual and cultural differences in light of contextual factors in the practice of clinical psychology.