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Competent Psychology Education from
APA's
Multicultural Guidelines
Guideline #1: Psychologists are encouraged to recognize that, as cultural beings, they may hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence their perceptions of and interactions with individuals who are ethnically and racially different from themselves.
Guideline #2: Psychologists are encouraged to recognize the importance of multicultural sensitivity/responsiveness, knowledge, and understanding about ethnically and racially different individuals.
Guideline #3: As educators, psychologists are encouraged to employ the constructs of multiculturalism and diversity in psychological education.
Guideline #4: Culturally sensitive psychological researchers are encouraged to recognize the importance of conducting culture centered and ethical psychological research among persons from ethnic, linguistic, and racial minority backgrounds.
Guideline #5: Psychologists strive to apply culturally appropriate skills in clinical and other applied psychological practices.
Guideline #6: Psychologists are encouraged to use organizational change processes to support culturally informed organizational (policy) development and practices.
Competency Statements from Fouad & Arredondo (2007; p. 65) Becoming culturally oriented: Practical advice for psychologists and educators. Washington, DC: APA.Psychologists who use the constructs of "multiculturalism" and "diversity" in psychological education will be able to demonstrate
-- knowledge about different learning models and approaches to teaching from multiple cultural perspectives
-- knowledge of how to incorporate statements of philosophy and principles in course syllabi
-- knowledge of how to design a culture-centered curriculum that is thematic to an educational program
-- knowledge of how to anticipate a range of emotional reactions in students and be prepared to understand and facilitate respectful discussion and disagreement, and
--
knowledge
of the research findings about the effects of multicultural counseling
and psychology coursework
