Deaf Clients in Canada

Counselling Deaf Clients in Canada.

A. Socio-cultural and demographic background – In this section, include descriptive information about the specific cultural group that you have researched, such as demographics, history, social and cultural customs, traditions, belief systems and values, as well as epidemiological data on the prevalence of certain conditions, if such data exist. Make sure to be as specific as possible in your Question. For example, if you write about youth in a particular group, make sure to define what age range you mean and what researchers have noted. Include at least two (2) recent (last seven years), peer-reviewed sources and any required peer-reviewed course readings you cite.  Write about 400 words for this section.

• B. Counselling strategies – In this section, include information about how you would conceptualize a presenting concern or concerns brought into counselling by someone in the cultural group. For illustrative purposes, you may develop a hypothetical client. The focus in this section is on considerations of therapeutic alliance and experiences that a client in this group may have had such as intergenerational trauma, personal trauma such as adverse childhood experiences, or experiences that may have contributed to them becoming migrants who are now refugees or immigrants in Canada, experiences of oppression and/or marginalization or anything that you believe may have contributed to them seeking counselling. You may make references to the theoretical material covered in the course, such as influences of individualism and collectivism, models of cultural identity formation, acculturation, or any other topic area that you think is relevant to the cultural group. Include at least three (3) recent (last seven years). Look for sources that are about the particular cultural group in Canada. If you cite sources that are about the cultural group in other countries than Canada, explain how you think the information fits for the cultural group in Canada. Remember to include your voice in your writing and note what you think about the research you have read about the cultural group. Write about 650 words for this section.
• C. Counselling interventions – In this section, address specific practical techniques that you believe would be appropriate and effective in working with clients in the cultural group. Include at least two (2) recent (last seven years), peer-reviewed sources in addition to any required peer-reviewed course readings that you cite. Remember that the course texts are not peer-reviewed, although you may find many of the original peer-reviewed sources cited in the course texts in the YU library. Describe which interventions you may already utilize or would most likely utilize when you work from clients in the cultural group and why you think that they would be effective. Write about 400 words for this section
• Directions for future research – In this section, identify existing gaps in the current research on and knowledge of diversity and cross-cultural counselling theory and practice related to the cultural group and/or areas of research that need to be expanded or improved and provide an agenda for future research. Describe what area or areas that you think are most important for researchers to focus on and how this may be useful to counselling work with clients from the cultural group. Include at least one (1) recent (last seven years), peer-reviewed sources in addition to any required peer-reviewed course readings you cite.  Write about 200 words for this section.