According to Constantine (2001), despite the increasing attention to multicultural issues in supervision research, many current supervisors may have not been sufficiently trained to address multicultural issues in supervision practice. For example, Constantine (1997) reported that 70% of the supervisors she surveyed had never taken an academic course related to multicultural counseling issues, whereas 70% of the supervisees in her study had completed such a course. She concluded that supervisors, in general, might be less aware of multicultural counseling issues than their supervisees. Because of the increasing cultural diversity of the U.S. population, it seems important that supervisors who have not been
According to Constantine (2001), despite the increasing attention to multicultural issues in supervision research, many current supervisors may have not been sufficiently trained to address multicultural issues in supervision practice. For example, Constantine (1997) reported that 70% of the supervisors she surveyed had never taken an academic course related to multicultural counseling issues, whereas 70% of the supervisees in her study had completed such a course. She concluded that supervisors, in general, might be less aware of multicultural counseling issues than their supervisees. Because of the increasing cultural diversity of the U.S. population, it seems important that supervisors who have not been