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.

The Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS): Validity, Reliability, and User Guidelines

The Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS): Validity, Reliability, and User Guidelines

The multicultural counseling knowledge and awareness scale (MCKAS): Validity, reliability, and user guidelines
Joseph G.PonterottoJodi C.PotereFordham University at Lincoln Center

This past year's American Psychological Association (APA) convention in San Francisco (August, 2001) marked the 10-year anniversary of the Multicultural Counseling Awareness Scale (MCAS), which was first introduced to the research community at the 1991 APA convention, which was also held in San Francisco (Ponterotto, Sanchez, & Magids, 1991). During the past decade, the MCAS has undergone a moderate degree of psychometric testing and a number of revisions. Along with the Multicultural Awareness-Knowledge-Skills Survey (MAKSS) (D'Andrea, Daniels, & Heck, 1991) and the Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI) (Sodowsky, Taffe, Gutkin, & Wise, 1994), the MCAS ...

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