ABSTRACT
Training programs usually offer students content- and process-oriented information as well as skills and perspectives in order to work more fluidly in cross-cultural relationships. Within the United States, ethnic-racial groups continue to grow in size, sexual and gender minority groups are becoming more visible, couples are facing new challenges, and diverse family forms continue to grow. Several issues have been raised in the critique of the content-oriented models, particularly since they are associated with “competency” language. Content- and process-oriented training are distinctly different styles; therefore, they have different implications for the focus and objectives of training. In contrast, process-oriented training aims to develop students’ capacity to appropriately and effectively function in cross-cultural relationships. Cultural humility is one process-oriented model that has been used by training programs to prepare students for working within cross-cultural relationships.
