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Module 8 - Discussion Topic: Assessing Multicultural Counseling Competence: A Review of Instrumentation

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Module 8 - Discussion Topic: Assessing Multicultural Counseling Competence: A Review of Instrumentation

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To effectively analyze multicultural counseling competence there are several tools that can be used such as:

Counselors can take the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS) assessment to determine their level of multicultural awareness and skills.

Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children and Youth With Special Health Needs and Their Families: the checklist allows counselor to evaluate if they are promoting culturally diverse practices when delivering services to children with disabilities or with health issues.

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There are several tools to support counselors to check-in or analyze their multicultural awareness skills such as:

Cross-Cultural Counseling Inventory is a great tool to check Counselor's cultural awareness, beliefs, cultural knowledge, and flexibility in counseling skills.

The Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI) support counselors to interpret their own work awareness as a counselor, psychologist or trainee.

Multicultural Awareness Knowledge-and-Skills Survey-support counselors at assessing the effects of the instructional strategies that are used to support student's needs (Ponterrotto, Rieger, Barret, Sparks, 1994).

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Assess and Interpret Multicultural Awareness

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After completing the Multicultural Counseling Awareness Scale the findings indicated that my awareness of bilingual students needs is high, but I need to work on my multicultural knowledge.

Overall, the finding indicated that I need to gain more knowledge of the different tools available, to enhance my multicultural knowledge and have a better approach to support and guide students:

To focus on a culturally responsive approach in which both parents and students feel empowered, valued and understood in their native language.

The use of the COUNTRY COMPARISON TOOL is great to gain understanding of the various dimensions that socially controls or impacts the student's cultural values and beliefs.

Increase parents' engagement in school with diverse opportunities such as volunteering as a classroom aid, parent-school events, and parent created learning opportunities (Yaafouri, 2019).