ODL 276: Culturally Proficient Leadership for Helping Professionals

* Some states do not require/accept ethics hours for counselors, for those cases contact hours will be awarded.

Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.

5 CREDIT HOURS APPROVED FOR:

Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 5 Ethics CE Credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact Hours
Psychologists
APA – 5 CE Credits
Counselors – 5 Contact Hours or 5 Ethics Hours*
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact Hours
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact Hours
Substance Abuse Counselors
NAADAC – 5 Contact Hours
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact Hours
Case Managers
CCMC – 5 Ethics Hours

Created on 04/26/2024

Target Audience:

This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and case managers.

Counselor Skill Groups:

8. Legal, Ethical and Professional Development

Overview:

Being a culturally proficient leader is more than your professional role, this is learning for all of us as helping professionals. Whether a leader in the workplace or in the community, your title is not of importance. What is important is the difference you want to make and are making in the lives of your community, workplace, and clients. A culturally proficient leader is one who intentionally focuses on equity, diversity, and resources to guide others on their own journey of cultural proficiency. The journey to becoming a culturally proficient leader is an individual journey that will lead to organizational change. This full day event will cover the beginning steps of starting that individual journey, as well as many resources and tools. We will discuss how individuals become culturally proficient leaders and make systemic organizational change. Throughout the day, we will discuss our ethical obligation as  helping professionals regarding cultural proficient leadership. By the end of this interactive workshop, participants will have a new perspective on their role as culturally proficient leaders and on building a culturally proficient and equitable community within their organization. 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the session – the participant will be able to:

• Describe a culturally proficient leader
• Identify leadership theories that support culturally proficient leadership and our ethical obligations
• Discover three essential elements of being a culturally proficient leader
• Examine two barriers to becoming a culturally proficient leader
• Discover two individual steps that an individual can take to becoming a culturally proficient leader

Presenter:

Dr. Jean Ferguson Ruffin is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Research, and School Improvement at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. She teaches graduate courses in educational leadership, specializing in school law and ethics, educational equity, and culturally proficient leadership. Her research agenda is primarily focused on culturally proficient leadership. Prior to her work in higher education, she worked in K12 education as a consultant, an associate superintendent of schools, and a school improvement specialist.