Continuing Education for Psychologists and Psychotherapists

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· EmpowerCE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

· EmpowerCE is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as a continuing education provider for MFTs and LCSWs.  Provider #4874

· EmpowerCE maintains responsibility for these programs and their content.

APA Guidelines on multicultural education, training, research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists

 

© 2003, American Psychological Association

19 pages

2 ces, $30

All individuals exist in social, political, historical, and economic contexts, and psychologists are increasingly called upon to understand the influence of these contexts on individuals’ behavior. The “Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists” reflect the continuing evolution of the study of psychology, changes in society at large, and emerging data about the different needs of particular individuals and groups historically marginalized or disenfranchised within and by psychology based on their ethnic/racial heritage and social group identity or membership.  These “Guidelines on Multicultural Education,  Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists” reflect knowledge and skills needed for the profession in the midst of dramatic historic sociopolitical changes in U.S. society, as well as needs of new constituencies, markets, and clients.

 

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