African Americans and multicultural interventions

Abstract

This paper presents a Multicultural Communication Process Model for increasing multicultural competence. Incorporating social work values and practice theory, research findings, and principles of communication theory, the model defines a specific process for intervention with and by African Americans. The process is twofold. First, the practitioner uses the components of the model to guide his own individualized study and growth in multicultural knowledge. Second, the practitioner uses the model to intervene actively or supervise intervention in a multicultural context. The model's eight components are presented followed by case vignettes which vividly describe how the model is applied in a number of practice settings.