Handbook of Multicultural Assessment Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications

by Suzuki, Lisa A.; Ponterotto, Joseph G.

• ISBN13: 9780787987039
• ISBN10: 0787987034
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Handbook of Multicultural Assessment offers the most comprehensive text on testing of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes the most current and state-of-the-art assessment information in a variety of psychological and educational domains. The book highlights new and innovative testing practices and expands the populations of interest to include recent immigrants and refugees. It also includes ways to overcome barriers in the assessment process as well as forensic assessment. This important resource offers an instructional text for conducting culturally competent psychological assessment for clinicians, educators, and researchers.

Author Biography

Lisa A. Suzuki is Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University and a leader in the field of multicultural assessment, training, and qualitative research methods. She is author or coauthor of numerous publications in the field, serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, and is active also in the field of Asian counseling. Professor Suzuki lives in NYC with her husband and daughter.

Joseph G. Ponterotto is Professor of Education at Fordham University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Editors	p. xiii
The Contributors	p. xv
General Assessment Issues	p. 1
General Multicultural Assessment Issues	p. 3
Issues in Culturally Appropriate Psychoeducational Assessment	p. 5
Multicultural Assessment Validity: The Preeminent Ethical Issue in Psychological Assessment	p. 22
Building Community Test Norms: Considerations for Ethnic Minority Populations	p. 34
Cultural Identity, Racial Identity, and the Multicultural Personality	p. 52
Acculturation and Multicultural Assessment: Issues, Trends, and Practice	p. 73
Multicultural Issues in Computer-Based Assessment	p. 92
Clinical Diagnosis in Multicultural Populations	p. 107
A Cultural Assessment Framework and Interview Protocol	p. 132
Assessing Immigrants and Refugees	p. 163
Considerations for the Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers	p. 165
Cultural Adaptation and Translation of Assessment Instruments for Diverse Populations: The Use of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire in Rwanda	p. 195
Delivering Quality Mental Health Services to Immigrants and Refugees Through an Interpreter	p. 220
Daily Living Assessment	p. 245
Assessment of Diverse Family Systems	p. 247
Culturally Competent Vocational Assessment with At-Risk Adolescents in Middle and High School	p. 273
Cross-Cultural Considerations in Quality-of-Life Assessment	p. 299
Testing Issues	p. 319
Personality Assessment	p. 321
TEMAS: A Multicultural Test and Its Place in an Assessment Battery	p. 323
Multicultural Issues in Projective Assessment	p. 346
On the Multicultural Utility of the 16PF and the CPI-434 in the United States	p. 375
Multicultural Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator	p. 402
MMPI-2 and MCMI-III Performances of Non-White People in the United States: What We (Don't) Know and Where We Go from Here	p. 425
Assessment of Cognitive Abilities	p. 447
Ability Testing Across Cultures	p. 449
Educational Assessment of English-Language Learners	p. 471
Multicultural Issues and the Assessment of Aptitude	p. 490
Academic Achievement Testing for Culturally Diverse Groups	p. 520
Neuropsychological Assessment in a Multicultural Context: Past, Present, and Future	p. 542
Family-Oriented, Culturally Sensitive (FOCUS) Assessment of Young Children	p. 565
Assessment Issues for Working with Diverse Populations of Elderly: Multiculturally Sensitive Perspectives	p. 594
Forensic Assessment	p. 625
Assessing for Child Maltreatment in Culturally Diverse Families	p. 627
Competency to Stand Trial: A Multicultural Perspective	p. 651
Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Future Directions	p. 666
Name Index	p. 672
Subject Index	p. 694
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