The Cultural Immersion Experience Video Presentation allows the students to consider multicultural trends found in a particular diverse cultural group of the United States and to begin comparing/contrasting their own cultural experience with that of this other group. Through the actual experience of what it is like to be immersed in a different culture, greater insight will occur into the role of the counselor in developing cultural self-awareness, understanding the role of community, cultural, and family

OVERVIEW

The Cultural Immersion Experience Video Presentation allows the students to consider

multicultural trends found in a particular diverse cultural group of the United States and to begin

comparing/contrasting their own cultural experience with that of this other group. Through the

actual experience of what it is like to be immersed in a different culture, greater insight will

occur into the role of the counselor in developing cultural self-awareness, understanding the role

of community, cultural, and family systems, the promotion of social justice and advocacy, and

the importance of eliminating biases.

INSTRUCTIONS

Based on the student’s Cultural Immersion experiences, each student will develop a VoiceOver

PowerPoint presentation to share with their course mates. The video presentation should address

the following elements:

The video presentation should include the following content from the immersion experience:

 The four key elements learned from research

 Historical/current oppression of chosen population

 Summary of two events and three (3) key things that were learned

 Summary of agency/organization interview using question prompts

 Summary of individual/couple interview information using question prompts

 Summary of experience using prompts

 A discussion of specific and practical application to counseling

The presentation parameters should include the following elements: 

 A professional PPT/Prezi that is well organized and appealing with appropriate pictures. 

Word count should be limited in the PPT/Prezi and should only include prompts to be 

covered by the student during video recording of the presentation. The slides need to 

include citation of scholarly references.