Question: Counseling Gifted Individuals and Their Families

Imagine you are the counselor for the family in the case described in the Sudden Underachievement media piece. Identify the biopsychosocial dimensions of identity for each family member that you would consider in applying multicultural counseling and advocacy strategies. What systemic factors are salient to the client/family resilience and ability to engage in self-advocacy?

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Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

• Identify biopsychosocial dimensions of identity to consider in applying multicultural counseling and advocacy strategies

• Discuss systemic factors salient to clients' resilience and ability to engage in self-advocacy.

Resources: • Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

• Sudden Underachievement | Transcript.