Tuesday, September 29, 2009

INFO: MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY IN GEROPSYCHOLOGY

MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY IN GEROPSYCHOLOGY, A Report of the APA Committee on Aging and its Working Group on Multicultural Competency in Geropsychology, is now available at: http://www.apa.org/pi/multicultural-competency-geropsychology.pdf.  It has five sections: Introduction, Competencies with Older Adults: A Precursor Model for Cultural Competencies, Key Issues Regarding the Infusion of Multicultural Diversity throughout Geropsychology, Recommendations for Geropsychology Practice, Training, Research and Public Policy with Diverse Elders, and Resources in Multicultural Competence and Aging.   

 

Contributors to this report included: Patricia A. Areán, PhD; Merla Arnold, RN, PhD; David Chiriboga, PhD; Martha R. Crowther, PhD, MPH; Steven David, PhD; Deborah DiGilio, MPH; Diane Elmore, PhD, MPH; Leon Hyer, PhD; Michiko Iwasaki, PhD; Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP; Chandra Mehrotra, PhD; Victor Molinari, PhD, ABPP; Sara Honn Qualls, PhD; Yvette N. Tazeau, PhD; and Dolores Gallagher Thompson, PhD, ABPP.

 

 

Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging
Public Interest Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Tel: (202) 336-6135 |  Fax: (202) 336-6040
email: ddigilio@apa.org | www.apa.org/pi/aging

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