College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

55 efforts on the part of the program, our graduates have a passing rate of 98% over last 10 years on the AMFTRB National Exam Racial/Ethnic Composition of Program Faculty, Supervisors, and Students NSU’s Ph.D. MFT Program is proud to have a broad range of diversity represented among our faculty, supervisors, and students. Below is a chart depicting the composition of our faculty, students and supervisors based on IPEDS classification. As of Summer 2014 Gender Ethnicity Students: 125 total Male -16 Female - 109 African-American/African/Black/non-Hispanic - 44 Hispanic/Latino/Chicano- 20 Asian or Pacific Islander-4 White/non-Hispanic- 50 Multiethnic - 1 Other-6 Faculty: 27 total Male -6 Female - 21 African-American/African/Black/non-Hispanic -4 Hispanic/Latino/Chicano -4 Asian or Pacific Islander-2 White/non-Hispanic -17 Multiethnic -0 Other -0 Supervisors: 22 total Male - 4 Female - 18 African-American/African/Black/non-Hispanic -4 Hispanic/Latino/Chicano -2 Asian or Pacific Islander -2 White/non-Hispanic -14 Multiethnic -0 Other- 0 Program Specifics Disclosure of Guiding Principle of our Programs It is with great pride that, we, the members of the Department of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University, share one of the guiding principles of our training programs. Our programs are guided by the importance of inclusion, diversity and affirmative practices in the classroom, coursework, clinical training, as well as all professional and collegial relationships and interactions. We are committed to training our students in a manner that is respectful of and sensitive to religious/spiritual beliefs, cultural traditions and practices, gender identities and in all areas that distinguish individuals. Our goal is to be self-reflexive practitioners, holding ourselves accountable for our commitment to our principles. We further strive to train students to respond to each other with the same honor and respect. Subsequently, we expect students will treat fellow students, staff, and clients accordingly. We stress a commitment to servicing clinical populations in an affirmative, supportive and competent manner including but not limited to underprivileged, minority, and socially oppressed groups, ethnic, racial, religious groups, LGBTQ individuals, foreign nationals, individuals with different levels of ability both physical and mental, as well as individuals of various genders, ages and socioeconomic and relationship statuses. Ultimately, we believe that individual belief systems and values should be respected but that those belief systems and values do not hinder the practice of affirmative therapy. Additionally, our programs abide by the AAMFT Code of Ethics. Specifically, the following: