Multicultural competency is the ability to understand, interact with, and appreciate people from different cultures.
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Increased emphasis on demonstration
of multicultural competencies through documented observation and instruction in diverse settings creates new challenges for teacher education programs in predominantly white or rural settings.
She points out that a human services professional would greatly benefit from strong interpersonal relationship - building abilities, as well
as multicultural competencies and oral and written communication skills.
The two domains most pertinent to this article are the domains of Individual Differences and Intervention Skills, particularly because they relate most closely to developing
multicultural competency in group psychotherapy.
To continue the plan to focus my columns on
building multicultural competency in group therapy practices, with an emphasis on providing something useful to the practitioner, I'd like to highlight some emergent theory regarding facilitating multicultural and social justice dialogues in group work.
The contributors of the symposium presented on two topics: (a) «Intergroup Dialogue as a Mechanism for the Development of Multicultural Group Leadership» presented by Brittany A. White and co-authored by Joseph R. Miles, and (b) «Facilitating Group therapy Trainees»
Multicultural Competencies Development through Clinical Supervision» presented by Elena E. Kim and co-authored by Kali Rowe and Eric C. Chen.
Artifacts in the portfolio must demonstrate sufficient experience and proficiency when working within their second language and
demonstrated multicultural competencies aligned with NASP standards
In building on their
extant multicultural competency, students will cultivate greater knowledge, awareness, and skills to provide culture - and gender - sensitive clinical practice.
One method of addressing this push
for multicultural competencies has been to revise the curriculum in preservice education courses to offer experiences in observation and instruction in diverse settings through interactive field experiences.
As Chair of the Diversity Committee for Division 49, I wanted to focus my columns on
building multicultural competency in group therapy practices with an emphasis on providing something useful to the practitioner.
It is our contention that technology mediated field experiences, such as the one described in this article, can also assist in the development of
these multicultural competencies.
Wallace (2000) found that traditional field experiences that provide preservice teachers with the opportunity to experience diversity assist in the development of what she termed «
multicultural competencies,» the ability to work with diverse populations and advocate on their behalf.
Through these interactions and reciprocal learning practices,
multicultural competencies develop.
She is a skilled consultant, facilitator, coach and speaker in the areas of diversity and inclusion strategy,
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Predominantly featured throughout my experiences has been an emphasis on the value of
multicultural competency and a deep exploration of the relationship between identity and health.
The importance of emic (culturally specific) versus etic (culturally universal) factors related to
multicultural competency.
The course requirements include advanced counseling practice supervised by professor; further development of core counseling skills common to all theoretical approaches; and demonstration of the understanding of ACA Code of Ethics and
Multicultural Competencies.