title: Multiracial recruitment in the field of family therapy: an innovative training program for people of color.
abstract: This article describes the creation of a training program designed to increase the number of family therapists of color in the family therapy field. In 1992, a partnership between New York City schools of social work, community agencies, and the Ackerman Institute for the Family created the Diversity and Social Work Training Program. Elements critical to the program's success were recruitment strategies, mentorships, partnerships with outside organizations, provision of a long-term institutional commitment, biracial collaborations, and institutional change. This article describes the design, structure, and process of this program's evolution and its impact 12 years later.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Sippio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education; D005006:Ethnicity; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D010560:Personnel Selection; D000078329:Workforce