WORKING WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

Develop an advocacy statement that addresses the importance of diversity and advocacy as it relates to career counseling. When creating your advocacy statement, be sure to address the key components of advocacy, including a discussion of how you might advocate for clients and students across micro, meso, and macro levels of society. Much like a theoretical orientation statement, your goal is to describe your commitment to social change and advocacy for all clients and students in a fair and safe manner.

• Note: Your advocacy statement should be one to two paragraphs in length. A meaningful statement requires more than a simple sentence stating your beliefs or aspirations. Your advocacy statement should be a tool to begin dialogue between you and your clients/students to explain the ways you work in your role as a counselor to address the needs of clients/students who may be marginalized on the basis of some aspect of their social identity.

Describe how your clients or students might be challenged by various sociocultural factors on their career development. Then, in 2-3 pages,

• Describe three culturally sensitive ways in which you might apply career development theories while also addressing these socioculural factors.
• Include specific advocacy strategies to address the client’s/student’s needs at the appropriate levels.

You must cite at least 2 peer-reviewed articles to justify how you are addressing the sociocultural factors and the specific advocacy strategies you selected.

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Many individuals face challenges in career decision-making due to sociocultural factors that limit or otherwise
negatively influence their ability to make self-directed career choices. Discrimination, economic constraints, and
social supports are just a few of these factors that are highlighted in this Week’s Learning Resources,. In this
assignment, you will build on your discussion post considering how these and other factors might influence the
career development of your future clients or students, focusing on your role in addressing these factors.

To Prepare for Activity

Review this Week’s discussion posts about the factors that might influence the the career development or
access to decent work for marginalized groups.
Research the Walden Library for peer-reviewed articles about how to address factors that influence career
development of marginalized populations.
Read through the template that is located in the Learning Resources for this assignment.

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MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

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COUN_6753_Week7_Assignment_Rubric

Develop an advocacy statement that addresses the importance of diversity and advocacy as it relates to career
counseling. When creating your advocacy statement, be sure to address the key components of advocacy,
including a discussion of how you might advocate for clients and students across micro, meso, and macro levels
of society. Much like a theoretical orientation statement, your goal is to describe your commitment to social
change and advocacy for all clients and students in a fair and safe manner.

Note: Your advocacy statement should be one to two paragraphs in length. A meaningful statement requires
more than a simple sentence stating your beliefs or aspirations. Your advocacy statement should be a tool to
begin dialogue between you and your clients/students to explain the ways you work in your role as a
counselor to address the needs of clients/students who may be marginalized on the basis of some aspect of
their social identity.

Describe how your clients or students might be challenged by various sociocultural factors on their career
development. Then, in 2-3 pages,

Describe three culturally sensitive ways in which you might apply career development theories while also
addressing these socioculural factors.
Include specific advocacy strategies to address the client’s/student’s needs at the appropriate levels.

You must cite at least 2 peer-reviewed articles to justify how you are addressing the sociocultural factors and the
specific advocacy strategies you selected.

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Criteria Ratings Pts

25 pts Adherence to
Assignment
Expectations:
•Develop an
advocacy
statement that
addresses the
importance of
diversity and
advocacy as it
relates to career
counseling *
Address the key
components of
advocacy,
including how to
advocate for
clients and
students across
micro, meso,
and macro
levels of society
* Describe
commitment to
social change
and advocacy
for all clients
and students in
a fair and safe
manner * One to
two paragraphs
in length
•Describe how
clients or
students might
be challenged
by various
sociocultural
factors on their
career
development.
Then, in 2-3
pages,
•Describe three
culturally
sensitive ways
to apply career
development
theories while

25 to >22.4 pts
A

Thoroughly addresses all
required components of the
assignment with a well-
developed, cohesive, and
insightful narrative that
exceeds expectations.

22.4 to >19.9 pts
B

Thoroughly addresses
all required
components of the
assignment with a
well-developed
narrative.

19.9 to >17.4 pts
C

Addresses some
of the required
components.

17.4 to >0 pts
F

Addresses few
to no required
components.

Total Points: 50

Criteria Ratings Pts

12.5 pts

12.5 pts

addressing
these factors
•Include specific
advocacy
strategies to
address the
client’s/student’s
needs at the
appropriate
levels •Cite at
least 2 peer-
reviewed
articles to justify
strategies

Assimilation &
Synthesis of
Ideas:Course
content is
synthesized and
supported with
information from
the learning
resources and
examples.

12.5 to >11.24 pts
A

Critically evaluates
course content and
main points.
Supports the
evaluation with
information from the
learning resources
and
personal/professional
experiences.

11.24 to >9.99 pts
B

Synthesizes the
course content to
illustrate main points
and supports the
synthesis with
information from the
learning resources
and
personal/professional
experiences.

9.99 to >8.74 pts
C

Identifies key points
from the course
content and supports
the key points with
minimal information
from the learning
resources or
personal/professional
experiences.

8.74 to >0 pts
F

Key points are
missing and minimal
to no information
from the learning
resources or
personal/professional
experiences is used.

Expression and
Formatting: The
extent to which
the submission
demonstrated
writing quality.

12.5 to >11.24 pts
A

Writing is organized,
concise, and scholarly
written with no
grammatical errors.

11.24 to >9.99 pts
B

Writing is organized,
concise, and scholarly
written with minimal to no
grammatical errors.

9.99 to >8.74 pts
C

Writing is unclear
or interrupted by
grammatical
errors.

8.74 to >0 pts
F

Writing lacks
clarity,
organization and
has significant
grammatical
errors.