Comparing Multicultural With General Counseling Knowledge and Skill Competency for Students Who Completed Counselor Training
✍ Scribed by Jennifer T. Cates; Scott E. Schaefle; Marlowe H. Smaby; Cleborne D. Maddux; Ireon Le Beauf
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-8534
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✦ Synopsis
this study evaluates the effectiveness of a counselor education program in teaching multicultural counseling knowledge and skills. standardized examination scores and rater evaluations compare multicultural with general counseling knowledge and skill competency for students who completed a counseling master's program. the relationship between multicultural knowledge and multicultural and general skills is examined. este estudio evalúa la efectividad de un programa educativo para consejeros a la hora de enseñar conocimientos y habilidades multiculturales en consejería. se emplean tanto resultados estandarizados de exámenes como evaluaciones docentes para comparar los conocimientos de consejeria y la competencia en habilidades de tipo general con los multiculturales en estudiantes que han completado un Máster en consejería. se examina la relación entre conocimientos multiculturales y habilidades generales y multiculturales. B ecause of the changing demographics in the United States, there has been a call for research and program evaluation in the area of multicultural counseling competency (Sue, Arredondo, & McDavis, 1992). As of 1999, seven divisions of the American Counseling Association (ACA) have endorsed the Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) created by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD; Sue & Sue, 1999). In 2003, AMCD published a book describing the 31 competencies and outlining specific methods for increasing counselors' cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills (Roysircar, Arredondo, Fuertes, Ponterotto, & Toporek, 2003). In addition, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP; 2001) revised their 2001 standards to emphasize multicultural training in curriculum and clinical instruction. Clearly, counselor educators should examine whether their programs are effectively responding to the MCC movement (Holcomb-McCoy & Myers, 1999).
cacrep standards
CACREP accredits 448 master's and 49 doctoral counseling programs (CACREP Directory, 2006). To maintain accreditation, continual program self-evaluation of counseling knowledge and skills, including MCC, is required (Bobby & Kandor, 1995;