Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of a Bilingual Counseling Certificate Program
Author(s) -
Claudia InterianoShiverdecker,
Derek L. Robertson,
Elias Zambrano,
A. Christian Morgan,
Jacqueline Cantu Contreras
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.7290/tsc030303
Subject(s) - certificate , counselor education , medical education , population , psychology , bilingual education , mental health , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , higher education , political science , psychiatry , environmental health , algorithm , law
The ever-growing population of Spanish-speakers in the United States increases the need for counselors to provide services in languages other than English. Yet, very few counselor education programs offer training specifically aimed at providing bilingual counseling services. The authors introduce important elements of bilingual counseling training and describe the implementation of these features into a certificate designed to train competent, bilingual clinical mental health and school counselors. Implications for counseling pedagogy, practice, supervision, and research are discussed.