title: Establishing a pedagogical framework for the multicultural course in communication sciences and disorders.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Disorders, 407 Regional Rehabilitation Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA. rhorton2@fsu.edu
authors.forename: RaMonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horton-Ikard
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Munoz
authors.forename: Shurita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas-Tate
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Keller-Bell
mesh_terms: 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