Why Has the Professional Practice of Psychological Counseling Developed in the United States?

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyle D. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Counseling

scholarly journals Interpreters of difference: “Universal” communication and the national body of Brazilian artists in the USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Fonseca Machado
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Politics Of Difference ◽  
National Body ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Universal Communication

Abstract Centered on examining the trajectories of Brazilian actors who migrated to the United States with the purpose of studying and working in that country, this article aims to discuss the rhetoric of difference mobilized by subjects to describe states, markets and their own experiences. The proposal is aligned with anthropological research focused on investigating the politics of difference in transnational contexts. During 2015 and 2016, I conducted interviews with eleven Brazilian artists who lived in the USA. These individuals argued that there was a “universal” communication conferred by “art” and relied on the transcendence of their acting techniques - they believed they were capable of playing any character in the new country. However, as they tried to obtain roles, they encountered restrictions precisely because they were foreigners: their accent, physical appearance and the visa-related limitations prevented them a regular professional practice. The main question is: how these subjects formulated about difference?

scholarly journals Professional Practices in Fixed Assets Valuation and Assessor Education in North America: Suggestions for Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-137
Author(s):  
Takashi Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Tax Assessment ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
And Training

AbstractThis paper examined and compared the situation of and problems with professional practices in fixed assets valuation and assessor education between North America (the United States and Canada) and Japan. Because professional practice in tax assessment takes place within individual municipalities in North America, the opportunities for external experts to participate in the practice are limited. Moreover, external institutions and universities that provide professional education educated the assessors who were in charge of these professional practices. As a result, the costs of professional practices in tax assessment and assessor education and training have been kept low. In Japan, there has been no foundation through which to foster experts within individual municipalities, so much professional practice is outsourced; consequently, this practice has become ineffective and unstable. Thus, Japan can refer to the North American system of providing complete professional tax assessment services within each municipality, as well as the fostering of experts through external organizations.

Uncovering the Meaning: Exploring Semantic Differences in US Perceptions of “Gamer” and Game Players

2021 ◽  
pp. 155541202110052
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Stone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Game Players

Gaming is an increasingly acceptable outlet for recreation, social engagement, and professional practice. Despite this acceptance, perceptions of “gamers” have been slower to evolve. The traditional stereotype associated with the “gamer” label has persisted in popular culture and acts to perpetuate and reinforce the negative elements associated with gaming. The stereotype’s persistence begs the question of whether current gamers see themselves as having stereotypical traits and whether non-gamers would attribute these traits to game players. This study uses an established model of social perception to explore differences in perceptions of the gamer stereotype and game players among both self-identified gamers and non-gamers in the United States. The results show differences in perceptions between the stereotype and game players, reflecting persistence of the stereotype and recognition that it is not universally applicable to players themselves. Self-identified gamers also perceived themselves as exhibiting more positive and less stereotypical traits than “gamer” implies.

Teaching with Primary Sources: Moving from Professional Development to a Model of Professional Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 295-306
Author(s):  
Scott M. Waring
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
United States ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Library Of Congress

As providers of professional development opportunities for educators envision what they do, there is strong evidence that productive and effective opportunities should include the following: active learning, authentic professional practice, challenging of assumptions, coherence, collective participation, content focus, duration, learning from participant's own practice, and opportunities for critical refection (Desimone, 2009; Smith, 2010; Webster-Wright, 2009). In the development and facilitation of the Teaching with Primary Sources program, the Library of Congress has incorporated these elements to create a cohesive, collaborative, and engaging model for Professional Learning. To date, tens of thousands of educators have been exposed to the TPS curriculum provided by Library of Congress staff, Consortium members from 17 states throughout the United States, and regional grantees found within all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Functional Competencies

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-84
Author(s):  
David M. Corey ◽  
Mark Zelig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Police Candidates ◽  
Chain Of Command ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Psychological Demands

In this chapter, the authors discuss the functional competencies required to conduct psychological evaluations of police candidates and officers, including “occupational competence,” which includes knowledge about the essential functions of police officers, their working conditions and chain of command, and the psychological demands and stressors of police work. The authors provide guidance on how to self-assess for competency, as well as for bias, that, in relation to a particular referral, may preclude a competent assessment. Included are an explanation of how contemporary challenges in policing may shape the criterion standard for assessing psychological suitability and fitness and a brief summary of six interdisciplinary professional practice standards and guidelines documents—from the United States and Canada—that are especially pertinent to evaluations of police suitability and fitness.

Psychosocial Development and Moral Development: An Exploratory Comparison of Adolescents in Japan and America

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujiro Mizuno
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Short Form ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociomoral Development ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Research ◽  
Psychosocial Stages

Building on previous cross-cultural research, this exploratory study examined the comparative psychosocial and sociomoral development of 46 adolescents — 22 Japanese in Japan, 10 Japanese in the United States, and 14 Euro-Americans in the United States. Euro-American participants obtained more positive scores than Japanese in the United States and Japanese in Japan on six psychosocial stages and the total psychosocial score as measured by the Measures of Psychosocial Development. Except in the Contract/Truth domain, all groups scored at a comparable level in sociomoral development as measured by the Sociomoral Reflection Measure–Short Form. Results are discussed in terms of cultural differences affecting adolescent development with implications for research and professional practice.

scholarly journals Tongue Thrust: Attitudes and Practices of Speech Pathologists and Orthodontists

1985 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Forrest Umberger ◽  
◽  
Gary Weld ◽  
Jane Van Reenen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Speech Pathologists ◽  
Tongue Thrust

A questionnaire was mailed to a sample of speech pathologists and orthodontists throughout the United States to determine their views on tongue thrust, to discover the sources of those views, and describe the influence they are having on professional practices. The majority of speech pathologists and orthodontists sampled favored treatment or referral for some cases of tongue thrust and that speech pathologists and myofunc­tional therapists would be the most likely professionals for treating tongue thrust. The source of these views was most often accredited to professional practice. The majority of professionals sampled reported treating or referring cases of tongue thrust despite the fact that they acknowledged the lack of research evidence to provide them with clear direction for their professional practice.

News Flash! Work Psychology Discovers Workers!

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Lefkowitz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The World ◽  
Work Psychology

Bergman and Jean (2016) have contributed an important essay to the continuing self-reflection and maturation of the field of industrial–organizational (I-O) psychology—or as it is known in much of the world outside the United States, work psychology.1They clearly and adequately document that the field has relatively neglected to study the world of (largely lower-level) workers who are not managers, executives, professionals, or students and that this has affected adversely the validity of our science and the relevance of our professional practice in a number of not-so-intuitively obvious ways. But as critical as those observations are, I believe the most important aspect of their piece has to do with the inferences they offer as towhyour published literature is so skewed. They suggest six potential, not mutually exclusive, explanations, including the possibility of personal biases among I-O psychologists. However, before focusing on those explanations, it should be informative to place the Bergman/Jean thesis in context. There is a growing, recent body of critical evidence and/or commentary concerning this and similar issues—although less consideration generally has been given to their likely causes.

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