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By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Explain the Alaska Native People.
-Explain what the Ahtna teaches their children to prevent confrontation or disharmony.
-Explain where Eyak people live.
-Explain the motive of the government for the Native Allotment Act.
-Explain what the term “subsistence” refers to.
-Explain the purpose of Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB).
-Explain the Departmental regulations, rulemaking, policy, guidance, legislative proposal, grant funding, formula changes, or operational activity that may have a substantial direct effect on an Indian Tribe, including but not limited to.
-Explain the purpose of "TERO" Tribal Employment Rights Opportunity.
-Explain the General Preparation Guidance for Visiting or Working in Rural Alaska.
-Explain the Departmental Manuals about Sacred Sites.
-Explain cultural customs.
-Explain which health disparity is 3 to 6 times higher among American Indian and Alaska Native than among their non-Native peers.
-Explain how the large extended network of blood and traditional relationship ties safeguard American Indian and Alaska Native children in their development.
-Name five psychological sets of culturally different clients.
-Name three components of counselor credibility.
-Explain what kind of approach Native Americans or other culturally different clients typically respond best to.
-Name the five stages of the Minority Identity Development Model.
-Explain to whom is blame assigned in counseling a culturally different client with an External Locus of Responsibility.
-Explain how fear is expressed in culturally different clients.
-Name what three characteristics interpersonal problem-solving communication models focus on.
-Name the three dimensions in the Personal Identity model.
-Explain what three themes reflect on how culture influences human existence.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."