Building Multicultural Competency

Researchers have discovered that the mental health workforce lacks adequate training and sufficient number of staff to meet the needs of a growing multicultural population. Building Multicultural Competency addresses this problem, and provides a workable solution relevant to today. Using a Multiracial/Multiethnic/Multicultural Competency Building model, individuals who are dedicated to the study of psychology will learn how to provide mental health services, education, and training to the growing multicultural population.

Currently, the mental health workforce is neither trained nor staffed in a way that appropriately addresses the essential needs of the growing multicultural population. This must change. The 21st century requires an innovative paradigm in multicultural psychology in order to improve the standard for mental health professionals. Building Multicultural Competency answers this need by providing a new Multiracial/Multiethnic/Multicultural Competency Building Model—a model that, in great detail, provides relevant solutions to this growing problem. This book will supply individuals, students, professionals, educators, and administrators who are involved in the field of psychology with a map on how to build the multicultural competency skills that will allow them to function cross-culturally. The resolutions are personally enriching, helpful to diverse peoples, and influential to other individuals, groups, and institutions.

Chapter 1 Foreword: Student Quest for Multicultural Competence
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3
Chapter I. Multiracial / Multiethnic / Multicultural Competency Building Model
Chapter 4
Chapter 1. Cultural Trauma: A Critical Backdrop to Building Multicultural Competency
Chapter 5
Chapter 2. The Browning of America: Building a New Multiracial, Multiethnic, Multicultural Paradigm
Chapter 6
Chapter II. Promising Practices among Graduate Training Programs
Chapter 7
Chapter 3. Creighton University: Beyond the Conceptual - Diversity Education for Faculty
Chapter 8
Chapter 4. Counseling Psychology at University of Missouri-Columbia: The Development of an Integrative Multicultural Training Model
Chapter 9
Chapter 5. Alliant International University, Los Angeles: An Anti-Domination Paradigm Shift in the Training of Community-Clinical Psychologists
Chapter 10
Chapter 6. University of California, San Diego Student Counseling Center: Training for Multicultural Competence-A Different Way of Knowing
Chapter 11
Chapter 7. University of California, Irvine Student Counseling Center: Lessons Learned Through the Commitment to Multiculturalism
Chapter 12
Chapter III. Training and Mentoring New Generations of Scholars
Chapter 13
Chapter 8. Training the Next Generation of Ethnic Minority Multicultural Researchers
Chapter 14
Chapter 9. Multicultural Mentoring
Chapter 15
Chapter 10. Managing Resistance: The Difference Between Success and Failure of Multicultural Competency Initiatives
Chapter 16
Chapter 11. Challenging Dialogues: Working Through Resistance Toward Multicultural Understanding
Chapter 17
Chapter IV. Forward Movement in hte Psychology Field
Chapter 18
Chapter 12. The Evolution of the Multicultural Summit
Chapter 19 Conclusion
Chapter 20 Afterword: Student Perspective a Growing Edge