THE INFLUENCE OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING TRAINING ON SCHOOL COUNSELORS' SELF-PERCEIVED MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

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dc.contributor.advisorStrein, William Oen_US
dc.contributor.authorSweeney, Samantha Courtneyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T05:32:08Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T05:32:08Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractWith the changing demographics of the school population, the multicultural competence of school counselors has become increasingly important. This study examined the influence of formal training and exposure to persons different from the school counselor on multicultural competence. A demographic questionnaire and the Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI) were mailed to a random sample of American Counseling Association (ACA) members. Overall, formal training was not correlated with multicultural competence. However, working with and exposure to people who were different than the school counselors in terms of race/ethnicity, disability status, and sexual orientation was correlated with multicultural competence. When asked to comment broadly on important multicultural experiences that influenced them as professionals, school counselors mentioned race/ethnicity most frequently. Implications for training school counselors includes the importance of exposing trainees to people who are different than them and examining the content and style of school counseling multicultural courses.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9448
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Guidance and Counselingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMCIen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmulticultural competenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMulticultural Counseling Inventoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmulticultural trainingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledschool counseloren_US
dc.titleTHE INFLUENCE OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING TRAINING ON SCHOOL COUNSELORS' SELF-PERCEIVED MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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