Establishing a pedagogical framework for the multicultural course in communication sciences and disorders.
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of a model for teaching a foundational course in multicultural (MC) issues and to demonstrate how it can be modified for use in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) by integrating 3 primary dimensions of cultural competence: awareness, knowledge, and skills.


METHODS
This tutorial begins by establishing the need for a basic foundational course in MC issues for CSD. Next, the authors describe a framework for MC instruction developed in the field of clinical counseling. Finally, the framework is modified and applied to the implementation of an MC course in CSD.


CONCLUSIONS
The MC course in CSD can provide a useful foundation for facilitating the cultural competence of students in university training programs that have infused MC material across the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's 9 content areas.
Horton-Ikard
RaMonda
R
Department of Communication Disorders, 407 Regional Rehabilitation Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA. rhorton2@fsu.edu
Munoz
Maria L
ML
Thomas-Tate
Shurita
S
Keller-Bell
Yolanda
Y
D016235:American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; D003142:Communication; D003147:Communication Disorders; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States