Multi-cultural issues

One day when I was a student in graduate school, the professor asked the class to discuss whether there was enough culture and race in our counseling psychology curriculum. To my surprise, several classmates claimed that since we had a cross-racial counseling course, there was sufficient attention given to these issues. I countered that, other than the minorities, few students took this course, and voiced my feeling that issues of culture and race needed to be integrated into every class.

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As a long-standing advocate for understanding issues of cultural and ethnic diversity, I have served as President of APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, and currently chair the American Psychological Association’s Commission for the Recruitment, Retention and Training of Ethnic Minorities implementation task force (CEMRRAT2). Both of these organizations were instrumental in the approval of the APA Multicultural Guidelines for Practice and the promotion of empirical research addressing mental health issues of ethnic minority clinical populations.

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Globalization is such a contested term. Not only it has been considered a cliché of our times, but at the same time it has been criticized for its lack of a precise definition. Still it holds such an appealing and powerful voice. By the sole mention of the concept it was able to attract the research efforts of leading specialists throughout the world, each one of them making a contribution to the academic debate.

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As discussed in the Introduction to Volume One, Jennifer Simon, who was at Wiley at the time, was instrumental in convincing me to edit the two-volume reference Handbook on Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counseling. I agreed to take the project through her persistence and encouragement. She prompted me to think about what type of material would help advance the field and at the same time build on existing research and scholarship. It was also her belief that conceptual and research issues combined into one volume with training and practice would not be practical.

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Shifting demographics, rapidly evolving technology, and generational and multicultural issues in the workplace are demanding new leadership styles and management skills. In FY 2013, CPB will support professional development in diversity, leadership, content creation and station capacity.

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This chapter include objectives: Apply an awareness of the dimensions of diversity and multicultural issues in your everyday life, encourage and support diversity to meet organizational needs, consider the role of cultural values and attitudes in determining how to deal with employees from different cultures or ethnic backgrounds,...

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The importance of psychology and health, multiculturalism, and a focus on strengths and positive psychology are the dynamic issues of psychology in this new millennium. These central issues in psychological research and practice today form the backbone of the Handbook of Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Health. To encounter all three integrated into a handbook on women and girls is like fantasizing a feast and having it appear on your table.

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