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A Survey Of Multicultural Counselor Training Courses In Selected California State University System Programs, Mary Wood Reibson
A Survey Of Multicultural Counselor Training Courses In Selected California State University System Programs, Mary Wood Reibson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The study examined the perceptions of counselor trainees and faculty for multicultural training courses. It developed curriculum information, compared program emphases in the training categories of awareness, skills and knowledge, and explored training importance and opportunity. Professional guidelines were reviewed to identify the training expected from courses which prepared counselors to work with clients from diverse populations. Survey forms were developed and administered to trainees and faculty. The resulting data were analyzed by descriptive methods, primarily of mean scores and ranked preferences. The Kruskal-Wallace and Mann-Whitney interpretations of group differences were used to identify statistically significant variations in group responses. …