Becoming culturally oriented: practical advice for psychologists and educators

1. Introduction to Multicultural-Centered Practices

Demographic Changes

Implications for Psychology

Background of the "Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists"

The Theoretical and Empirical Basis for the Book

Summary

2. Evaluating Cultural Identity and Biases

Competency Statements

Cultural Self-Awareness and Knowledge of Others

Minority and Racial Cultural Identity Development

Positioning and the Emotions

Roadblocks to Multicultural Self-Development

Summary

3. Psychologists in Cross-Cultural Interactions With Others

Competency Statements

Interacting Worldviews in Cross-Cultural Relationships

Effects of Microaggressions

Contributing Factors to Ethnocentric Worldviews

Cross-Cultural Communication Norms

Unconscious Dynamics and Their Effects

Aversive Racism

Negative Effects of Social Control

Invisibility Syndrome

Intergroup Contact

Summary

4. Implications for Psychologists as Practitioners

Competency Statements

Overview

Case Vignette 1. Carmen

Case Vignette 2. Vera

Case Vignette 3. Harold

Client in Context

Assessment

Interventions

Summary

5. Implications for Psychologists as Educators

Competency Statements

Overview

Rationale

Infusing a Multiculturally Centered Perspective Into Psychological Curricula

Teaching Strategies for a Multiculturally Centered Approach

Summary

6. Implications for Psychologists as Researchers

Competency Statements

Overview: Race-Ethnicity and Psychological Research

Case Vignette 1. Marlene

Case Vignette 2. Julia

Research Assumptions and Design

Dissemination

Summary

7. Psychologists as Organizational Change Agents

Competency Statements

Psychologists as Organizational Change Agents

Case Vignette 1. Midwest State University

Reflection on Case Vignette 1

Planning for Multicultural Organizational Change

Engaging in a Multicultural Organizational Development

Case Vignette 2. The Center for Healthy Living

Clarifying Motivating Factors

Building Knowledge by Assessing Needs

Other Considerations in a Multicultural Organizational Transformation Process

Leadership

The Future of Multicultural Organizational Development

Summary

8. Concluding Thoughts: Psychology as a Transformed Profession

Competency Statements

Overview

Future Directions

Blueprint for Change in Organizations

Summary

Closing Thoughts

Appendix A. Checklist for Culturally Competent Practice

Appendix B. The Empowerment Workshops' Workforce Diversity Audit: An Organizational Self-Assessment

References

Index

About the Authors