Strategies and Techniques for Counselor Training Based on the Multicultural Counseling Competencies

• Published in: Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 263 - 273
• Main Authors: Arredondo, Patricia, Arciniega, G. Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2001; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Competence; Competency Based Education; Counselor Educators; Counselor Training; Counselors; Cross-cultural counseling; Cultural Pluralism; Curriculum Development; Higher Education; Multicultural Counseling; Teaching Methods; Training; United States
• ISSN: 0883-8534; 2161-1912
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2001.tb00469.x

Strategies and techniques based on the Multicultural Counseling Competencies must be grounded in principles that establish counselor training programs as learning environments and that reframe curricula through competency‐based objectives. A framework is outlined for infusing multiculturalism into curricula through the application of specific strategies and techniques. The authors argue that, ultimately, it is the responsibility of counselor educators to increase their multicultural competence. Las estrategias y técnicas basadas en las Competencias Multiculturales en la consejería deben de ser fundadas en los principios que establecen los programas de entrenamiento de consejeros. Los programas deben ser ambientes de aprendizaje que re‐estructuran los planes de enseñanza hacia objetivos basados hacia esta capacidad. Una estructura para inculcar el Multiculturalismo por medio de la aplicación de estrategias y técnicas específicas es delineada. Finalmente, los autores discuten que es la responsabilidad de los profesores de consejería el aumentar la capacidad multicultural.