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Multiracial Recruitment in the Field of Family Therapy: An Innovative Training Program for People of Color
Author(s) -
Kaplan Laurie,
Small Sippio
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2005.00058.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , diversity (politics) , family therapy , work (physics) , training (meteorology) , field (mathematics) , people of color , public relations , social work , medical education , psychology , sociology , political science , medicine , gender studies , engineering , psychotherapist , geography , mechanical engineering , race (biology) , mathematics , meteorology , anthropology , pure mathematics , law
This article describes the creation of a training program designed to increase the number of family therapists of color in the family therapy field. In 1992, a partnership between New York City schools of social work, community agencies, and the Ackerman Institute for the Family created the Diversity and Social Work Training Program. Elements critical to the program's success were recruitment strategies, mentorships, partnerships with outside organizations, provision of a long‐term institutional commitment, biracial collaborations, and institutional change. This article describes the design, structure, and process of this program's evolution and its impact 12 years later.