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Assessing workforce diversity is an increasing area of evolution. A comprehensive assessment of socioeconomic diversity is important in that it can help identify needs and enable planned inclusion across a range of students. Subsequently, a more comprehensive set of background indicators is needed. The purpose of this brief report is to describe the approach we are using to determine socioeconomic background among individuals participating in a behavioral health workforce program. By using 3 strategies to assess background, we were able to determine that 4 individuals reported being unable to pay for housing, 3 indicated they had sold plasma, and 1 had experienced homelessness since starting graduate school. Our findings provide a starting point for using a comprehensive set of indicators to guide the recruitment and selection process in workforce development programs. Keywords: culturally responsive, linguistically responsive, rural, mental health, Behavioral health workforce development programs recognize that a diverse workforce can improve client outcomes (Neely-Barnes et al., 2020). As workforce programs seek to become more inclusive, more guidance is needed [...]

To identify disciplinary alternatives to replace spanking, this study investigated ethnic differences in the associations of five disciplinary techniques with subsequent externalizing behavior problems in a national sample of 7- to 11-year-olds with ANCOVAs and difference-score analyses. Most techniques led to significant reductions in externalizing problems for African-Americans or Hispanics, but only after overcoming known biases in ANCOVA and not for other European-Americans. Privilege removal had the most significantly effective results, followed by grounding. Sending children to their room and spanking significantly reduced externalizing problems only in one or two analyses for African-Americans, whereas removing children's allowance was significantly effective in one overall analysis. Parenting research needs to distinguish between more vs. less effective use of all disciplinary techniques across multiple situational and cultural contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on innovative research, insights, and clinical practices addressing mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. Topics discussed include the importance of culturally informed approaches in mental health care, the role of systemic change in promoting equity, and guidelines for submissions in the new section emphasizing experienced authors and practical application of theoretical frameworks.