Multicultural Competence, Social Justice, and Counseling Psychology: Expanding Our Roles

Vera, Elizabeth; Speight, Suzette L.

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“…In addition, results of the current study provide a preliminary framework for Following the recommendations for counseling psychologists to act as social justice agents to remove existing institutional and structural barriers (Vera & Speight, 2003), the results of the current study provide several implications for vocational psychology research and practice. Using information gleaned from this study, vocational psychologists can educate employers that commonly hire Mexican immigrant workers and advocate on behalf of these workers' needs in the workplace.…”

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Perspectives of Work Among Mexican Immigrants

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In this pilot study, four Mexican immigrants who have lived in the United States from one to five years were interviewed about their experiences with work in the U.S. Interview data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research methods (Hill, Thompson, & Williams, 1997).Themes associated with their work experiences were motivation for working in U.S., barriers to working, access to working, attitudes toward work, conceptions of work, work goals and expectations, work climate, and information for others. Implications of the results for vocational psychologists and suggestions for future research are discussed. Mexican Immigrants and Work 3 Perspectives of Work among Mexican ImmigrantsThe continuing and rapid growth of the Latino community in the United States ensures their growing representation in the U.S. labor force at a level never before seen in this country.Unfortunately, marked employment disparities have been noted among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003). Specifically, Latinos are overrepresented in "service occupations" (20%), "operators, fabricators and laborers" (21%), and agricultural "wage and salary" workers (30%). These figures do not reflect low-wage, undocumented workers who are essential to the competitive U.S. business market. Clearly, Latinos and Latino immigrants have changed the face, culture, and labor force of the U.S, and are contributing significantly to the economy of this country, with the majority of them employed in service and manual jobs.Swanson and Gore (2000) point out that links among socioeconomic status, educational attainment, and occupational level have led to a "continuous cycle of impoverished, poorly educated, and underemployed [people of color]" (p. 249). This is certainly evident for Latinos and Latino immigrants in the U.S., who are among the poorest and least educated in the country.One of the first steps toward addressing the social inequalities prevalent among Latinos and moving this group toward occupational and educational parity is to generate knowledge that provides a better understanding of their experiences in educational and work settings. Latino ImmigrationThe impact of Latino immigration to the U.S. is a reality that cannot be ignored. At no other time in U.S. history have we seen the topic of immigration receive as much attention as it has in recent years. Although the topic of immigration has surfaced at various times in U.S.history, the issue has never been as divisive and contentious as it is today. At the center of this debate on immigration policies is the welfare and future of the Latino population. Reasons for MigrationLatinos leave their families and home countries to migrate to the U.S. for a myriad of However, a recent study contends these findings. Kochhar (2005) finds that the majority of undocumented migrants from Mexico were employed in their home country before they migrated to the U.S. Thus, the commonly held belief that Mexican immigrants fail to find work in their home country does not ...

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Perspectives of Work Among Mexican Immigrants

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“…Assim sendo, e apesar do empowerment (princípio segundo o qual as pessoas devem ter o poder e liberdade para fazer escolhas e ter o controlo das suas próprias vidas) individual ser importante torna-se insuficientes à luz desta perspectiva, pois sem mudanças ao nível das escolas, dos meios de comunicação, da cultura, da religião e das instituições sociais e políticas os sucessos serão sempre incompletos (Frankenberg, 1993;Vera & Speight, 2003). A este propósito Fassinger e Gallor (2006) sugerem algumas atividades a nível macro-sistêmico em que os psicólogas e as psicólogas se podem envolver de forma a contribuir para uma agenda social justa e onde se destaca, por exemplo: pressionar o poder político em ordem a alterações legislativas integrando campanhas e outras formas de pressão; divulgar os trabalhos de investigação de forma acessível para as grandes audiências nomeadamente para as forças políticas; ocupar cargos políticos a nível local ou de instituições educativas; exigir cláusulas de anti-discriminação e anti-assédio em todas as organizações e instituições em que estejamos envolvidos; propor atividades a nível da educação tanto nas instituições educativas como nos locais de trabalho.…”

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“…Por outro lado, o conceito de justiça social está intimamente ligado com o conceito de multiculturalismo sendo difícil conceber as competências de consulta multicultural sem um compromisso com a justiça social (Vera & Speight, 2003). A multiculturalidade implica não só estar a par dos costumes de pessoas distantes, a tolerância da diferença mas sobretudo a consciência de que todos nós (desde os clientes aos profissionais de psicologia) somos seres culturais que estamos expostos a complexas influências socioculturais que afetam a nossa posição no mundo e o nosso olhar sobre ele.…”

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Justiça social em psicologia vocacional: que formação para os profissionais de psicologia?

Saavedra

2010

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RESUMOEste artigo aborda, numa primeira parte, o conceito de justiça social, a sua origem e a forma como se tem definido na atualidade, bem como algumas técnicas de consulta psicológica que podem conduzir à sua promoção. Seguidamente, centra-se nos pressupostos que atualmente guiam a prática vocacional e que permitem concretizar a justiça social no campo da psicologia vocacional. Tendo em conta que esta é uma abordagem relativamente recente e que existem poucos exemplos da sua implementação, pareceu oportuno fazer um levantamento e referência a alguns casos concretos implementados em Escolas de Ensino Superior nos E.U.A. Termina-se com uma breve análise da realidade escolar portuguesa e com algumas sugestões para a formação das e dos profissionais de psicologia, com base nos casos apresentados e na fundamentação teórica mais relevante.Palavras-chave: justiça social; consulta psicológica vocacional; formação de psicólogos. ABSTRACTThis article first examines the concept of social justice, its origin and how it is defined today, as well as some counseling psychology techniques that could lead to its promotion. Then, it focuses on the assumptions that guide vocational practice, allowing social justice to take place in the field of vocational psychology. Given that this is a relatively recent approach and examples of its implementation are scarce, it seemed appropriate to explore some specific cases in Schools of Higher Education in the U.S.A. This article ends with a brief analysis of the current Portuguese school system and with some suggestions for the training of professionals in the area of psychology based on the cases presented and the most relevant theoretical approaches.Keywords: social justice; vocational counseling psychology; psychologist's formation. IntroduçãoCom a entrada no século XXI assiste-se a uma acentuada globalização social, cultural e econômica, que acarreta consigo uma maior facilidade de deslocação das pessoas entre os diferentes países, dando origem uma sociedade cada vez mais multicultural. Por outro lado, assiste-se também a uma cada vez maior disseminação das desigualdades sociais e econômicas. Estas mudanças sociais vieram exigir um olhar diferenciado sobre as necessidades humanas dando origem a novas abordagens teóricas, de investigação e prática nas ciências sociais e humanas, em geral, e na psicologia, em particular. Entre as muitas transformações que ocorrem uma das mais marcantes prende-se com uma nova abordagem epistemológica que se traduz num abandono de questões como a objectividade e a neutralidade, reclamando, em vez disso, um lugar político para estas ciências (Gergen, 1982;Harding, 1986). Para esta mudança epistemológica, vários foram os contributos, entre os quais, se podem destacar os movimentos feministas

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“…As part of this groundwork, the capacity for training programs to imbue students with multicultural competence is paramount to the generativity of producing a culturally competent profession. To accomplish this task, clinical psychology training programs tend to focus on teaching students cultural competency in therapeutic contexts (Vera & Speight, 2003). Academic curricula typically require students to meet the expectations for multicultural competence that are established by clinical practica supervisors and complete one or two traditional lecture-style courses on the topic of multiculturalism.…”

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Multicultural Grand Rounds: Competency-Based Training Model for Clinical Psychology Graduate Students

Stites

Warholic

2014

Psychology Learning & Teaching

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Preparing students to enter the field of psychology as competent professionals requires that multicultural practices be infused into all areas of training. This article describes how the Grand Rounds model was adapted to a graduate clinical psychology training program to foster applied learning in multicultural competence. This extension of Grand Rounds as A? student-driven program to enhance multiculturalism may help others in doctoral psychology training programs develop experiential learning opportunities to further enhance professional competence.

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Multicultural Competence, Social Justice, and Counseling Psychology: Expanding Our Roles

Cited by 764 publications

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Perspectives of Work Among Mexican Immigrants

Perspectives of Work Among Mexican Immigrants

Justiça social em psicologia vocacional: que formação para os profissionais de psicologia?

Multicultural Grand Rounds: Competency-Based Training Model for Clinical Psychology Graduate Students

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