Assignment: Social Justice Research
This is the second component of your course project. In this assignment, you will write a paper that describes the research you conducted on social justice.
Assignment Instructions
In your paper:
• Describe the role of professional counselors as social justice advocates and promoters of client self-advocacy at the individual, professional, organizational, and societal levels.
• Describe the impact of systemic oppression toward the chosen clinical population on help-seeking behavior.
• Describe strategies to address equitable services and intervention strategies for the chosen clinical population.
• Draft one recommendation for each of the four advocacy levels-individual, professional, organizational, and societal-from the perspective of your specialty area (mental health counseling, marriage and family counseling, or school counseling).
Submission Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
• Template: Use the template provided in the resources.
• Written communication: Written communication must be grammatically correct and free of errors that detract from the overall message. Writing should be consistent with graduate-level scholarship.
• APA format: Title page, main body, and references should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Number of resources: A minimum of five scholarly resources from peer-reviewed journals published within the past 10 years. Distinguished submissions typically exceed this minimum.
• Length of paper: 5-7 typed double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Resources
• Social Justice Research Scoring Guide.
• APA Style and Format.
• Literature Review.
• Unit 6 Assignment Template [DOCX].
• The Similarity Report.