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Diversity in the Classroom

All students enrolled at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies are expected to appreciate diversity as a clinical opportunity based on individual differences including social, cultural, physical, and psychological implications of recovery. Toward this end, all courses include diversity-related content. Students are also expected to integrate experience from coursework and clinical practice to improve their multicultural competencies.

Furthermore, all students are required to complete a multiculturalism course. Students enrolled in on-campus programs complete CPC-604 Counseling Strategies: Multicultural Approaches. Learning outcomes include:

  • Analyzing the impact of individual differences and diversity on intervention and treatment planning
  • Assessing the benefits and limitations of typology
  • Understanding developmental models and stages, as impacted by unique cultural features, and integrating this knowledge into treatment planning
  • Developing treatment planning and counseling approaches based upon minority development models
  • Relating theoretical constructs and research in culture and ethnicity to clinical practice

Students enrolled in online programs complete IR-705 Culturally Responsive Co-Occurring Disorders Counseling. Learning outcomes include:

  • Analyzing the interplay of culture, mental health, and chemical dependency
  • Utilizing culturally appropriate, evidence-based approaches to counseling activities such as prevention, intervention, and assessment
  • Integrating theoretical constructs and empirical findings into a strengths-based model of service for culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities.
  • Appreciating the impact of racism, discrimination, sexism, privilege, political climate, and oppression on mental health and chemical dependency
  • Promoting the availability of and access to culturally sensitive mental health and chemical dependency services through public advocacy

Diversity-Focused Academic Contributions by Graduate School Faculty

Faculty Publications, Workshops, and Presentations

Jamison, J. (2016). The importance of the disclosure interaction for LGBTQ clients. Paradigm, Winter, 12-22.

Jamison, J. (2014, August). The importance of the disclosure interaction for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) clients: How it can make or break treatment and what every provider should know. Presentation at the National Conference on Addiction Disorders, St. Louis, MO.

Jamison, J. (2010). Psychometric validation of the multidimensional disclosure to health care providers scale (MD-HCPS) (Doctoral dissertation). Available from Proquest Dissertations & Theses database. (UMI No. 3430869)

Jamison, J. (2008, February). Gay’s Anatomy: How to advocate for better healthcare. Workshop presented at the Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Ally College Conference, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. (2008, February). Alcohol and drug use in the gay and bisexual men’s community. Workshop presented at the Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Ally College Conference, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. (2008, February). Alcohol and drug use in the lesbian and bisexual women’s community. Workshop presented at the Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Ally College Conference, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J., Sen, R., Galván, N., Lin, K., McClair, V. L., and Reinhardt, J. (2007, September). The flip side of multiculturalism: A panel discussion on the experiences of minority counselors working with White, middle class, heterosexual clients. Panel held at the Dennis H. May Annual Conference on Diversity Issues and the Role of Counseling Centers, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. & Buki, L. P. (2007, August). Development of the Multidimensional Disclosure to Health Care Professionals Scale (MD-HCPS). Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Buki, L. P., Jamison, J., Anderson, C. J., & Cuadra, A. M. (2007). Differences in Predictors of Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening by Screening Need in Uninsured Latina Women. Cancer, 110, 1578-1585.

Jamison, J. (2006, April). Alcohol and other drug use in the lesbian and bisexual female student community: An interactive workshop for women. Workshop presented at LGBT Awareness Days, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. (2006, April). Special workshop for gay and bisexual male students: Alcohol and other drug use in the gay community. Workshop presented at LGBT Awareness Days, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. (2006, April). What ALLYs need to know about LGBT substance use on campus. Workshop presented at LGBT Awareness Days, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Jamison, J. (2006, February). Alcohol and other drug use in communities of color. Workshop presented at Minority Men’s Health Week, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.

Buki, L. P., Jamison, J., Anderson, C. J., & Cuadra, A. M. (2004, July). Predictors of mammography and Pap smear screening among Latina women. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Buki, L. P., Jamison, J., Anderson, C. J., & Cuadra, A. M. (2004, April). Education about cancer predicts mammography and Pap smear screening among Latina women. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Buki, L. P., Jamison, J., Anderson, C. J., & Cuadra, A. M. (2004, March). Predictors of breast and cervical cancer screening in a community sample. Poster session presented at the 9th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer, Washington, DC.

Jamison, J., Buki, L.P. (August, 2003). What form of birth control do you use? Lesbians’ experiences disclosing sexual orientation to health care providers. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

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