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Promoting and celebrating multicultural competence in counselor trainees.(Counselor Preparation)
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Counselor Education and Supervision
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September 1, 2003
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The author discusses the rationale for counselor education programs' promotion of the development of multicultural counseling competence in counselor trainees. The current status of multicultural counseling competence is discussed, and recommendations are made regarding how counselor education programs and faculty can enhance multicultural competence. An Appendix provides specific action-based recommendations.
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The U.S. population is becoming more multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual (Holcomb-McCoy & Myers, 1999; Ochs, 1994; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992; Whitfield, 1994). The change in the cultural composition of the United States has required ...