Competence: A Systems Approach
.Advocacy competencies - ANSWER-Skills and knowledge needed to advocate for clients and communities
.Benefits of social justice counseling - ANSWER-Personal satisfaction, societal and client benefits, improved
counseling process
.Challenges of social justice counseling - ANSWER-Interpersonal and intrapersonal costs, incongruence with
traditional counseling theories, lack of training, closed-mindedness of others
.Child exploitation - ANSWER-The act of using children for labor, trafficking, or abuse
.Counselors for Social Justice - ANSWER-A division of A C A advocating for social justice
.Educational achievement gaps - ANSWER-Disparities in academic performance between different groups
.Empowerment - ANSWER-Equitable distribution of power and resources
.Goal of social justice counseling - ANSWER-Promote access, equity, and equal distribution of power and
resources
.Historical context of counseling profession - ANSWER-Rooted in social justice and advocating for changes in
social policy
.Limited housing - ANSWER-Lack of available and affordable housing
.Loretta Bradley - ANSWER-A C A President who focused on social justice and advocacy
.Oppression - ANSWER-Imposing unwanted harm or depriving well-being based on identity