A Multicultural/Multimodal/Multisystems Approach to Working with Culturally Different Families

Résumé

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Influence of Culture in Psychology and Other Mental Health Areas. 1 Historical Perspectives on Multiculturalism. 2 The Need to Explore Alternative Approaches to Assessment and Treatment--An Ethical Mandate. Part II: current Major Approaches in Assessing Culturally Different Families. 3 A Multicultural/ Multisystems Approach to Intellectual Assessment: A Bio-Ecological Model. 4 A Mutimodal/ Multisystems Approach to Personality Assessment. 6 Best Practices in Report Writing for Linguistically/ Culturally Different Children: A Bio-Ecological Psychological Report--A Multisystems Approach. Part III: Treatment Issues for the Culturally Different. 7 Issues in Counseling Immigrant Families Tha Can Affect the Treatment Process. 8 Current Major Approaches in Counseling Culturally Different Families. 9 A Multicultural/ Multimodal/ Multisystems. 10 Case Samples with the MULTI-CMS Approach. Part IV: Training Implications. 11 A Theoretical Framework for Training Therapists to Use the MULTI-CMS Model: An Exploration of teh Major Competencies. 12 Implications for Future Research and Clinical Work: A Vision for the Mental Health Field.