Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology is the first book to offer the theoretical background, practical knowledge, and training strategies needed to achieve multicultural competence. Focusing on a wide range of professional settings, editors Donald B. Pope-Davis, Hardin L.K. Coleman, William Ming Liu, and Rebecca L. Toporek provide a compendium of the latest research related to multicultural competency and the hands-on framework to develop specialized multicultural practices. An indispensable resource for psychologists, social workers, school counselors, and teachers, Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology is also an ideal supplementary text for students in counseling and clinical practice courses.

Teaching Multicultural Competencies in Continuing Education for Psychologists

Teaching Multicultural Competencies in Continuing Education for Psychologists

Teaching multicultural competencies in continuing education for psychologists
Thomas A.ParhamUniversity of California at IrvineLisaWhittenState University of New York/College at Old Westbury

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

–Malcolm X

Beyond the notion of supplemental education, professionals are often confronted with new challenges that stretch the limits of their professional training. In some cases, new scenarios are beyond the capacity of one's existing repertoire to accommodate because the situations are so new. In such cases, continuing education provides the latest cutting-edge information that can assist professionals in meeting those demands. Owing to the belief that learning is not a plateau that one arrives at but a process one engages in over ...

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