The continued increase of ethnic/racial diverse individuals symbolizes a paradigm shift from a traditional hegemonic framework to one that is culturally responsive and socially and culturally contextualized within a framework that represents each unique individual. This intermediate course addresses the current multicultural literature, research and training that situate mental health providers within culturally contextualized practices that are culturally sensitive and responsive. Additionally, the course addresses current ideologies that limit clinicians from working within a culturally appropriate framework with clients. The course will include video demonstrations, case studies, experiential exercises, and small group discussions.
TOPICS
-Introduction (speaker, topic, workshop format and goals)
-Cultural competency instrument (pre/post assessment)
-Definition of Cultural Responsiveness
- Goal of Workshop-Silent Interview (Assessment of biases)
-Themes in Majority culture’s worldviews
-Theories and belief systems within psychology
-Empirically Supported Treatments vs. Evidenced-based Treatments
-Definition and discussion of terms (race, ethnicity, social class, culture, bias, prejudice, discrimination)
-Relevancy of key terms to psychological practice, theory and research
-Multicultural competence and specific domains
-Multicultural Guidelines-Maligned Wolf/Paradigm Shift
-Deconstruction of traditional conceptualization models-Traditional Expectations
-Literature regarding the treatment of multiculturally diverse populations
-Clinical vignettes/small group exercise
-Culturally responsive skills used in treating culturally diverse clients
-Skill Identification Model
-Ethics/Ethical Dilemmas
-Cultural competency instrument (pre/post assessment)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, you should be better able to:
1. Understand how your own worldviews influence your perception, definitions of normality/abnormality and the ways in which these worldviews may conflict with clients from various ethnic/racial backgrounds.
2. Define the notion of culture and how it manifests in therapy.
3. Understand the current literature regarding the treatment of multiculturally diverse populations.
4. Explore the notion of multicultural competence and the domains where those competencies should be practiced.
5. Understand the current limitations set forth by professional and organizational infrastructures.
6. Change and/or shift current clinical practices to be consistent with a culturally responsive model of care.
7. Augment your existing skill sets with intervention strategies that will help you intervene more effectively when treating multiculturally diverse clients.
SPEAKER
PROFILE
Miguel E. Gallardo, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist (#PSY 21360) and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology. He maintains an independent/consultation practice where he conducts therapy with individual adolescents and adults. His areas of clinical and research interest include Chicano/Latino Mental Health; Cross-Cultural Responsiveness in working with Latinos in therapy; Recruitment and Retention of Latina/os in Higher Education; Multicultural Organizational Development; and Racial/Ethnic individuals with disabilities. Dr. Gallardo’s Doctoral Research Topic: A Culture Undiscovered: The Impact of Learning Disabilities on Racially and Ethnically Diverse Students is a video project that intended to examine the interplay between culture and a learning disability diagnosis and has since received international distribution. He also has another educational video entitled: Understanding the Therapeutic Needs of Culturally Diverse Individuals with Disabilities. Dr. Gallardo is currently working on a research project and edited book that includes examining culturally responsive interventions with multiculturally diverse populations in therapy. He has written and presented in the areas of Chicano/Latino Mental Health, Latinos and substance abuse, integrative healthcare, culture and disability, and cultural responsiveness in therapy.
Dr. Gallardo has also established a strong presence among psychology’s many associations including the American Psychological Association, California Latino Psychological Association (CLPA), the California Psychological Association (CPA), the National Latina/o Psychological Association (NLPA), and the Orange County Psychological Association. Dr. Gallardo is a community and social activist for the Chicano/Latino community in California and nationally. He is one of the founders and served as the first President of the CLPA and is Chair of the Chapter Development Committee for the NLPA. More recently, Dr. Gallardo was elected President-Elect of the CPA and will serve a three year term in this role. He has been honored for his dedication and commitment to the field of psychology locally, statewide, and nationally.