Course overview
The aim of this course is to develop students' understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required to work effectively within Aboriginal Australian contexts in a manner which is culturally accountable to Aboriginal Australian Peoples and communities. The course will provide students with a foundation on which to consider the contemporary issues facing practitioners working with Aboriginal Peoples. Such issues include racism and the implications for practice; positive effects of cultural traditions on family, values, roles and parenting; power and powerlessness; critical analysis of privilege and whiteness; Aboriginal perspectives on historical and contemporary research and practice in psychology and counselling.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify Aboriginal Australian perspectives in response to professional practice in psychology and counselling
- Recognise the complexity of cross-cultural understandings of the past and current wellbeing of Aboriginal Australians
- Examine the ethical dimensions of research, practice and the issues of accountability for professionals working in Aboriginal contexts
- Reflect on racism, whiteness and the role of privilege and power in the profession and as a practitioner, and the impact of these upon Aboriginal Australians
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