Exploring Social Justice Advocacy in Dietetic Education: A Content Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Fraser ◽  
Jennifer Brady
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Dietetic Education ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Required Courses

Purpose: To explore the extent to which knowledge- and skill-based learning regarding social justice and/or social justice advocacy is included in the course descriptions of required courses of accredited, English-speaking dietitian training programs in Canada. Methods: This study is a mixed-methods content analysis of required course descriptions sampled from university academic calendars for accredited, English-speaking dietitian training programs across Canada. Results: Quantitative analysis showed that required course descriptions (n = 403) included few instances of social justice-related terminology (n = 63). Two themes emerged from the qualitative analysis: competing conceptualizations of social issues and dietitians’ roles; prioritization of science-based knowledge and ways of knowing. Conclusions: Accredited, English-speaking dietitian training programs in Canada appear to include little knowledge- or skill-based learning regarding social justice issues and advocacy. Supporting future dietitians to pursue leadership roles in redressing social injustices and socially just dietetic practice may require more explicit education and training about social justice issues and advocacy skills.

Social Justice and Dietetic Education: Are We Preparing Practitioners to Lead?

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Jennifer Brady
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Dietetic Education ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reflexive Practice ◽  
And Training

Purpose: To explore dietetic practitioners’ perceptions of their education and training in the knowledge, skills, and confidence to understand social justice issues and to engage in socially just dietetic practice and social justice advocacy. Methods: An online semi-qualitative survey sent to Canadian dietitians. Results: Most respondents (n = 264; 81.5%) felt that knowledge- and skill-based learning about social justice and social justice advocacy should be a part of dietetic education and training. Reasons given by respondents for the importance of social justice learning include: client-centred care and reflexive practice, effecting change to the social and structural determinants of health, preventing dietitian burnout, and relevance of the profession. Yet, over half of respondents either strongly disagreed or disagreed that they were adequately prepared with the knowledge (n = 186; 57.4%), skills (n = 195; 60.2%), or confidence (n = 196; 60.5%) to engage in advocacy related to social justice concerns. Some questioned the practicality of adding social justice learning via additional courses to already full programs, while others proposed infusing a social justice lens across dietetic education and practice areas. Conclusions: Dietetic education and training must do more to prepare dietitians to answer calls for dietitians to engage in social justice issues through practice and advocacy.

Social Justice and Advocacy in University-Based Play Therapy Training Clinics

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-193
Author(s):  
Emily C. Brown ◽  
Emily Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Play Therapists ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Training Clinics

This chapter examines how university training programs and clinics can help play therapists develop social justice advocacy competency. Developing social justice advocacy can help play therapists understand social inequalities and oppressive systems, experience empathy with clients, and integrate advocacy action into their work. Training programs can help facilitate social justice advocacy for students through curriculum focus, service learning, and continuing education opportunities that promote awareness and empathy. Play therapy services offered in university clinics also offer opportunities for interns to increase understanding of social justice advocacy through client interactions and clinical supervision. Clinic directors promote social justice advocacy through managing just organization procedures and coordinating advocacy and outreach initiatives.

Social Justice and Advocacy in University-Based Play Therapy Training Clinics

2021 ◽  
pp. 238-255
Author(s):  
Emily C. Brown ◽  
Emily Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Play Therapists ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Training Clinics

This chapter examines how university training programs and clinics can help play therapists develop social justice advocacy competency. Developing social justice advocacy can help play therapists understand social inequalities and oppressive systems, experience empathy with clients, and integrate advocacy action into their work. Training programs can help facilitate social justice advocacy for students through curriculum focus, service learning, and continuing education opportunities that promote awareness and empathy. Play therapy services offered in university clinics also offer opportunities for interns to increase understanding of social justice advocacy through client interactions and clinical supervision. Clinic directors promote social justice advocacy through managing just organization procedures and coordinating advocacy and outreach initiatives.

Examining School Counselors’ Commitments to Social Justice Advocacy

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1096-2409-19.1. ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel P. Feldwisch ◽  
Susan C. Whiston
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Asca Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Programs ◽  
Model Programs ◽  
Gold Star

Many school counselors endorse using social justice advocacy to close achievement gaps. In this study, school counselors from a single state scored in the moderate to high range on the Social Issues Advocacy Scale. Results showed alignment between school counselors’ self-endorsement of social justice advocacy and scores on the Advocacy Competencies Self-Assessment. School counselors working in recognized comprehensive programs, including Recognized ASCA Model Programs and Indiana Gold Star, scored higher on social justice advocacy measures than those in non-recognized programs.

Multicultural Competence and Social Justice Training in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex L. Pieterse ◽  
Sarah A. Evans ◽  
Amelia Risner-Butner ◽  
Noah M. Collins ◽  
Laura Beth Mason
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Multicultural Competence ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Psychology Programs ◽  
Social Justice Advocacy ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Course Syllabi

This article presents the findings of a descriptive content analysis of 54 multicultural and diversity-related course syllabi drawn from counseling and counseling psychology programs accredited by the American Psychological Association and the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs. Results suggest that most courses adhere to the knowledge, awareness, and skills paradigm of multicultural competence. However, actual course content varies considerably. Whereas the findings identify social justice content as a growing presence in multicultural courses, there is a need to more clearly outline the fundamental points of distinction and overlap between multicultural competence and social justice advocacy in counselor and counseling psychology training.

scholarly journals Psychology in Latin America: A Qualitative Study of Commonalities and Singularities

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. e1627
Author(s):  
Andrés Consoli ◽  
Iliana Flores ◽  
Himadhari Sharma ◽  
Joshua Sheltzer ◽  
Miguel Gallegos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Responsiveness ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
International Engagement

Psychology in Latin America, its development, and main contributors have not received the attention they deserve among the scientific and professional English-speaking communities. The present study analyzes the contributions to psychology in Latin America made by the recipients of the Interamerican Psychology award in the Spanish or Portuguese category, granted by the Interamerican Society of Psychology. The award, instituted in 1976 and named Rogelio Díaz Guerrero since 2007, recognizes psychologists who have advanced the discipline as a science and profession in the Americas. To date, SIP has granted 26 such awards. This qualitative study identifies commonalities and singularities in the contributions made by the first 26 awardees. The commonalities were organized around three overlapping themes: social responsiveness, intersectionality of psychology and culture, and international engagement. The singularities were systematized into two overlapping themes: development of historically underdeveloped topics, and discipline transformations. Each theme is defined and illustrated accordingly. The commitment to advancing social justice and increasing the relevance of psychology in addressing social issues by the awardees as a whole stands out as an important characteristic of psychology in Latin America.

Diverse Applications of Sociological Imagination: A Qualitative Study of Service-Learning Mentoring

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110213
Author(s):  
Laura C. Atkins ◽  
Shelley B. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Reflection Data ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Media And Crime

This project expands discussions regarding critical ways that students’ diverse backgrounds and experiences intertwine with service-learning and social justice. Educators need to empower the next generation to explore their views, apply their skills, and engage with social issues. The research intersects with complex conversations about students’ perspectives regarding media representations, justice system responses, and views of at-risk youth. The project spanned four semesters of a sociology of media and crime course with service-learning mentoring. Qualitative reflection data drawn from 104 participating student mentors provided insights into how service-learners’ unique personal histories and sociological imaginations inform their views of youth, the mentoring experience, and social justice. The findings focus attention upon diversity within classrooms and expand the conversation about social justice praxis and service-learning pedagogy. Through reflexivity, the researchers consider their own social justice and service-learning practices, and add to the call for greater reflexivity within community-engaged sociology classrooms.

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