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The Culturally Competent School Psychologist

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Whereas advances in modern technology have validated the truism that ours is a small world, there seems little doubt that it has become smaller still as development and access to transportation and communication networks have shrunk the ‘distance’ between human beings all around the globe. And while it may still take a day or so to get half-way around the world physically, news, information, mail, and other types of electronic data now travel with amazing rapidity to all corners of the earth such that it is no exaggeration to describe the connectedness among peoples as representing a true global community. What were once obstacles and limitations in mobility and knowledge have given way to unprecedented opportunities for exploration of and interaction with individuals from countries and cultures quite remote from their own. The natural consequence of bringing people together in one manner or another is an increase in the diversity of populations that heretofore had remained relatively homogenous. Yet with all the positive aspects that diversity brings with it, there are challenges that accompany it as well. Perhaps no other social institution has felt the impact of this change more so than the educational system.

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