Counseling Latinos and la familia provides an integrated approach to understanding Latino
families and increasing competency for counselors and other mental health professional …

This article focuses on developing an understanding of how nine therapists working with
Latino families construct the idea of cultural competence in the counseling room. In-depth …

White privilege has historically implied that privileges are awarded at birth to White people
based solely upon the color of their skin. It has been considered as an amorphous …

The 2000 US Census data indicate that Latinos are now the largest ethnic minority group in
the United States, comprising roughly 12.5% of the population. This is likely an …

This chapter presents a brief description and history of the School Success Profile (SSP), a
strengths-based assessment tool for informing, monitoring, and evaluating social work …

The problem. Domestic violence is a problem that is growing in seriousness in the United
States. Associations have been made between this phenomenon and the simultaneous …

The cultural, psychological, and linguistic challenges that stem from experiences with
immigration and acculturation, make Latino immigrant students a particularly vulnerable …

However, depending on the person's country of origin, the word school bus can be
translated differently. For persons from Mexico a school bus is el camion escolar, while …

Erik Erikson's psychosocial model has had a great deal of influence on the study of the
identity formation process. Erikson's psychosocial model presents eight stages an individual …

This study is intended to deepen and expand upon existing literature on cultural
competence by offering a look at the views of White clinicians in the field who are working …