FourWinds.The evolution of culturally inclusive clinical psychology training for Native Americans

Autor: S. Jean Caraway, Barbara A. Yutrzenka, Elizabeth Todd-Bazemore
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: International Review of Psychiatry. 11:129-135
ISSN: 1369-1627
0954-0261
DOI: 10.1080/09540269974294
Popis: Estimates suggest that by the middle of the next century, ethnic minorities will comprise over 50% of the US population. However, this rapidly changing demographic has not been reflected in the number of ethnic minority psychologists entering the work-force.This is particularly true for Native Americans, who, compared with their representation in the US population, are substantially more underrepresented than any other ethnic minority group at all levels of the educational pipeline (American Psychological Association, Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention & Training in Psychology, APA CEMRRAT, 1997). It is clear that in order to increase the numbers of Native Americans in the professional psychology work-force, effective and culturally responsive methods of recruitment, retention and training must be developed. The Clinical Training Programme in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Dakota has a long-standing commitment to training Native Americans within a culturally sens...
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