1. Competencies for Counseling LGBQIQA Clients – The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) provide competencies for working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Intersex, Questioning and Ally (LGBQIQA) individuals, groups, and communities and a framework for creating safe, supportive, and caring relationships. ALGBTIC Competencies LGBQIQA clients
2. Competencies for Counseling Transgender Clients – The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) suggest competencies for use in counseling with transgender clients that complement established health care standards and establish best practices in the counseling field with transgender clients. ALGBTIC Competencies Counseling Transgender Clients
3. Disability Related Counseling Competencies – The American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) provides competencies to serve as a resource of best practices and to encourage counselors to better understand and assist persons with disabilities in recognition of disability as a part of personal identity and cultural diversity. ARCA Disability Related Counseling Competencies
4. Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling – The competencies for addressing spiritual and religious issues in counseling are guidelines that complement the values and standards espoused in the ACA Code of Ethics with the purpose to “recognize diversity and embrace a cross-cultural approach in support of the worth, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of people within their social and cultural contexts” (ACA Code of Ethics, 2005, p. 3). Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling
5. Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population – The Multiracial/Ethnic Counseling Concerns Interest Network of the American Counseling Association developed competencies to promote the development of sound professional counseling practices to competently and effectively attend to the diverse needs of the multiple heritage population. Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population
6. Exemplary Practices for Military Populations – The Exemplary Practices for Military Populations are intended to serve as a resource and to provide a set of guidelines that represent military considerations through the lens of a counselor professional identity: a strength-based philosophy grounded in principles of empowerment, wellness, prevention, and development. Exemplary Practices for Military Populations
7. Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies – The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies offer counselors a framework to implement multicultural and social justice competencies into counseling theories, practices, and research. The intersection of identities and the dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression that influence the counseling relationship are highlighted. Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies
8. Multicultural Career Counseling Competencies – The purpose of the Multicultural Career Counseling and Development Competencies is to ensure that all individuals practicing in, or training for practice in, the career counseling and development field are aware of the expectation that we, as professionals, will practice in ways that promote the career development and functioning of individuals of all backgrounds. Multicultural Career Counseling Competencies
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