@article{3bbe41ee05dc4d01a8e17f418d9cf44e,
title = "Global migration: The need for culturally competent school psychologists",
abstract = "Never before have more children lived away from their home countries. Given the unique social, emotional, and academic needs of children who have migrated, school psychologists must be well prepared to meet these growing demands. Consequently, school psychology training programs must invest in the preparation of culturally competent future school psychologists. In this article, we review relevant literature regarding children, migration, and school psychology and then describe a model training program that was developed to prepare school psychologists in Texas, where there are a significant number of migrant children from Mexico and South America. Broader implications for training school psychologist in the areas of cultural and linguistic diversity are discussed.",
keywords = "School psychology, culture, diversity, immigration, international, migration",
author = "Desire{\'e} Vega and Jon Lasser and Cynthia Plotts",
note = "Funding Information: Migration to a new country can bring about multiple challenges and stressors that if left unaddressed, can impact the mental health and academic performance of migrant youth. Culturally competent school psychologists are needed to address the diverse needs of these students. School psychologists across the globe must have an understanding of the policies that affect migrant youth and their families and be equipped with the skills to effectively serve this population. They must be prepared to address pre-existing mental health issues and the distress that may occur post-migration. Project SUPERB serves as an example of a training model that provides a specialization in bilingual school psychology. Although Project SUPERB currently receives grant funding to support recruitment and training of bilingual scholars, the program was conceptualized and initiated prior to funding, with support from the university, department, and School Psychology program. Grant funding has made the recruitment of Spanish-proficient scholars and the acquisition of educational materials easier; however, the intent is to continue to deliver the bilingual training program, which seems to be a realistic goal even without grant funding. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2015.",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1177/0143034315587011",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "358--374",
journal = "School Psychology International",
issn = "0143-0343",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "4",
}