Sage Publishers Introduces A New Product for Mental Health Professionals
Posted: March 22, 2008
Sage Publications is publishing the California Brief Multicultural Competency Scale (CBMCS) Multicultural Training Program, created by Richard Dana, Glenn Gamst and Aghop Der-Karabetian. Based on several years of research and collaboration between the University of La Verne, the California Department of Mental Health, the California Institute of Mental Health, and the California Mental Health Directors Association, this unique training program provides clinicians working in mental health facilities a valuable tool to work with diverse populations. The CBMCS Multicultural Training Program includes:
- The CBMCS Training Modules: This step-by-step resource will guide trainers through four modules. Each module includes a description, techniques and methods, materials needed, references, handouts, Power Point slide presentation, trainer’s notes, and evaluation as well as a scoring guide for the CBMCS scale.
- The CBMCS Multicultural Reader: Featuring leading research, this compilation of 29 articles provides a wellspring of seminal studies on delivering culturally competent care. Topics include general issues in multicultural counseling competence training, ethnic minority intervention and treatment research, and sociocultural diversities.
- The CBMCS Participant's Workbook: Includes exercises, group activities, and areas for reflection that follow along with the training modules. Each workbook also includes the CBMCS Scale: a 21-item practitioner self-report, empirically based scale, which was honed from five respected assessment. This unique scale provides the foundation for this extensive training program.
If you would like to request free sample materials, have any question, or would like to receive more information, please visit www.cbmcs.org or e-mail
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