Capacity Development of Psychology in the Caribbean: Lessons from near and Far

• Autores: Omowale Amuleru-Marshall
• Localización: Revista interamericana de psicología = Interamerican journal of psychology, ISSN 0034-9690, Vol. 47, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 245-253
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Desarrollo de la capacidad de la psicología en el Caribe: Lecciones de cerca y lejos
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  • español

    Este artículo se basa en la presentación “Una Visión para la Asociación Psicológica del Caribe”, que fue presentado en un taller en la Conferencia Regional de Psicología del Caribe. Se dirige principalmente al desarrollo y establecimiento de sistemas armonizados para institucionalizar legalmente la profesión de la psicología en el Caribe más ampliamente. Reconociendo la diversidad lingüística, cultural, jurídica y política en toda la región, se hicieron propuestas para poner en marcha acuerdos coexistentes y complementarios a través de la asociación regional emergente de los psicólogos del Caribe. Cultivando las relaciones con los países y territorios que ya tienen acuerdos legales existentes y en los que los psicólogos están registradas o autorizados se presenta como una forma de construir y perfeccionar los mecanismos adecuados en esos países - principalmente países de la CARICOM - en la que el campo de la psicología es relativamente nuevo y en desarrollo. El ejemplo de las enfermeras de la CARICOM se utiliza para ilustrar un camino a seguir para los psicólogos en el Caribe anglófono

  • English

    This article builds on a presentation of a “Vision for Caribbean Psychological Association/Organization” which was presented in a workshop at the Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology. It primarily addresses the development and establishment of harmonized systems of legally institutionalizing the profession of psychology across the broader Caribbean. Recognizing the linguistic, cultural, legal and political diversity across the region, proposals are nonetheless made to launch co-existing and complementary arrangements through the emerging regional association of Caribbean psychologists. Nurturing relationships with countries and territories that already have existing statutory arrangements by which psychologists are registered or licensed is presented as a way to build and refine appropriate mechanisms in those countries - mainly CARICOM countries - in which the field of psychology is relatively new and developing. The example of CARICOM nurses is used to illustrate a way forward for psychologists in the Anglophone Caribbean.

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