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ERIC Number: ED649008
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 125
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ISBN: 979-8-3819-5286-5
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Exploring the Relationship between School Psychologists' Multicultural Competence and Multicultural Consultation Skills in School Based Consultation
Brittany A. Miller
ProQuest LLC, Psy.D. Dissertation, Fairleigh Dickinson University
As the demographic makeup of public school children continues to increase cultural and linguistic diversity, school psychologists are required to demonstrate competence in all aspects of school psychological service delivery, including consultation. Practitioners working in diverse school settings often require multicultural skills in order to provide consultation to the unique needs of diverse populations. However, research has not focused on evaluating if practitioners have acquired multicultural competence and use multicultural skills when providing consultation. The purpose of the present study was to explore if a relationship exists between school psychologists' multicultural competence skills and the skills associated with Ingraham's (2000) Multicultural School Consultation framework. Practitioners in school psychology (N = 13) completed the revised School Psychologist Multicultural Competence Scale (SPMCS; Malone et al., 2016) to evaluate their multicultural competence. Multicultural consultation skills were assessed via semi-structured interview utilizing the interview questions used by Parker et al. (2020) and then evaluated using the researcher-developed Multicultural Consultation Skills Interview Rubric. Results indicated no significant relationships between overall multicultural competence and multicultural skills including domain areas of multicultural awareness, appreciation, and knowledge. A statistically significant correlation was found between the multicultural skills domain of the SPMCS, and skills reported during the interviews, as well as between socioeconomic status of respondents' work settings and overall multicultural competence scores on the SPMCS. However, there was no correlation found between any other sociodemographic and educational factors reported by respondents. Implications for this study highlighted the need for practitioners to engage in ongoing evaluation of their multicultural competence, including self-reflection, in order to calibrate their perception of their multicultural competence with their multicultural skills used during consultation with diverse populations within school settings. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Language: English
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