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Becoming Culturally Oriented Practical Advice for Psychologists and Educators

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ISBN-10: 1591474248

ISBN-13: 9781591474241

Edition: 2007

Authors: Nadya A. Fouad, Patricia Arredondo

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In Becoming Culturally Oriented: Practical Advice for Psychologists and Educators, Nadya A. Fouad and Patricia Arredondo provide a comprehensive framework for helping psychologists to increase and improve culturally responsive practice, research, and education. Research shows that racial and ethnic minorities have less access to mental health services than do Whites and are more likely to receive poor quality services.? Compounding these problems is the fact that ethnic minority psychologists are poorly represented among psychologists as a whole, relative to their numbers in the general population.? To address these concerns, APA has developed the Guidelines on Multicultural Education,…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication date: 8/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Introduction to Multicultural-Centered Practices
Demographic Changes
Implications for Psychology
Background of the "Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists"
The Theoretical and Empirical Basis for the Book
Summary
Evaluating Cultural Identity and Biases
Competency Statements
Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledge of Others
Minority and Racial Cultural Identity Development
Positioning and the Emotions
Roadblocks to Multicultural Self-Development
Summary
Psychologists in Cross-Cultural Interactions With Others
Competency Statements
Interacting Worldviews in Cross-Cultural Relationships
Effects of Microaggressions
Contributing Factors to Ethnocentric Worldviews
Cross-Cultural Communication Norms
Unconscious Dynamics and Their Effects
Aversive Racism
Negative Effects of Social Control
Invisibility Syndrome
Intergroup Contact
Summary
Implications for Psychologists as Practitioners
Competency Statements
Overview
Carmen
Vera
Harold
Client in Context
Assessment
Interventions
Summary
Implications for Psychologists as Educators
Competency Statements
Overview
Rationale
Infusing a Multiculturally Centered Perspective Into Psychological Curricula
Teaching Strategies for a Multiculturally Centered Approach
Summary
Implications for Psychologists as Researchers
Competency Statements
Overview: Race-Ethnicity and Psychological Research
Marlene
Julia
Research Assumptions and Design
Dissemination
Summary
Psychologists as Organizational Change Agents
Competency Statements
Psychologists as Organizational Change Agents
Midwest State University
Reflection on Case Vignette 1
Planning for Multicultural Organizational Change
Engaging in a Multicultural Organizational Development
The Center for Healthy Living
Clarifying Motivating Factors
Building Knowledge by Assessing Needs
Other Considerations in a Multicultural Organizational Transformation Process
Leadership
The Future of Multicultural Organizational Development
Summary
Concluding Thoughts: Psychology as a Transformed Profession
Competency Statements
Overview
Future Directions
Blueprint for Change in Organizations
Summary
Closing Thoughts
Checklist for Culturally Competent Practice
The Empowerment Workshops' Workforce Diversity Audit: An Organizational Self-Assessment
References
Index
About the Authors