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EFFORTS TO INCORPORATE SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVES INTO A FAMILY TRAINING PROGRAM
Author(s) -
McGoldrick Monica,
Almeida Rhea,
Preto Nydia Garcia,
Bibb Amy,
Sutton CharlesEtta,
Hudak Jacqueline,
Hines Paulette Moore
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb01122.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , sexual orientation , equity (law) , social justice , training (meteorology) , psychology , economic justice , empowerment , social psychology , medical education , pedagogy , sociology , public relations , political science , criminology , medicine , law , physics , meteorology
This paper describes the efforts of the faculty of the Family Institute of New Jersey in recent years to develop a collaborative family training program that takes into account issues of gender, race, culture, class, and sexual orientation. We have come to realize how strongly traditional approaches have been skewed in the direction of the dominant culture—white, male, heterosexist, and prioritizing the needs and experience of the middle and upper classes. We have attempted to modify our teaching, supervision, reading lists, and overall training approach to challenge trainees and ourselves to move toward broader, strength‐based, and equity‐based multicultural perspectives in our training. We describe our vision, how we incorporate it into our program structure, and a few of our training initiatives.