As student bodies on college campuses in the United States (U.S.) continue to diversify, university counseling centers have begun to recognize the importance of hiring multilingual therapists and trainees to meet the needs of 66 million U.S. residents who speak languages other than English. The study used a qualitative approach to better…

This dissertation study examined the experiences of counseling students as they complete their educational trajectories while navigating their minoritized status as non-native English speakers in the United States. This critical grounded theory approach consisted of 20 participants sharing their experiences and decision making process in pursuing…

Bilingual therapists are expected to provide competent, culturally sensitive services in two languages, while often only being trained to perform those services in one language. Their training and supervision should be supportive through the processes of becoming a therapist as well as through mutual processes of sense-making with and about…

There are a small number of MSW and BSW programs in the U.S. that have specialized tracks to train social workers to work with Spanish-speaking clients. This qualitative focus group study reports on the experiences of 25 students who participated in a new English-Spanish dual-language component in the final year of an MSW program in a Northeastern…

Despite the importance of field education in social work, there are situations when only a few social work educators are involved in supporting students in their field placements. At the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), for example, involvement in field education is reserved for faculty who are fluent in Arabic due to the nature of…

The aim of this study was to examine the roles and training of bilingual school psychologists (BSPs) across the Denver Metro Area as there is no clear consensus of role descriptions and how roles are carried out across districts and states. This qualitative study looked at interviews of seven participants to better understand their experiences of…

Social work student participation in global experiences continues to increase despite limited research on the impacts of these educational experiences on knowledge and skill development. This article reports on professional identity and skill development for 25 U.S. Latinx students who completed internships or service-learning projects in Costa…