I Don't See Color: How Your Own Cultural Identity Shapes Your Clinical Practice

Course overview

Do you see race and cultural identity when you look at your clients? Chances are you do, and we suggest that you should. Race and cultural identity have a substantial influence on communicative practices, and to ignore such key aspects of identity is to render us less effective, and potentially harmful, clinicians. The vast majority of speech-language pathologists are White middle-class females, and the majority of our clients are not. Consequently, we will provide you with a framework for reflecting on cultural identity-yours and others'. We will also highlight examples for how "seeing color" will help make you a more culturally-competent therapist.