Handbook of Multicultural Assessment : Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications, 2nd Edition

This thorough analysis of multicultural assessment covers significant issues, including the major instruments and procedures, cognitive and educational assessment, and cross-cultural sensitivity and ethics. Offering the most current empirical research, theory, and specific recommendations, the volume includes case studies that illustrate culturally sensitive procedures and tables that highlight comparisons between particular measures, competencies, and assessment practices. Including updated articles from the original contributors as well as entirely new contributions, the revised version offers compelling ideas for conducting assessments with minority populations. Handbook of Multicultural Assessment......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Foreword to the First Edition......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 The Editors......Page 16 The Contributors......Page 18 Part One: General Assessment Issues......Page 36 Section One: General Multicultural Assessment Issues......Page 38 1. Issues in Culturally Appropriate Assessment......Page 40 2. Ethics in Multicultural Assessment: A Model of Reasoned Application......Page 64 3. The Clinical Interview from a Multicultural Perspective......Page 82 4. Cultural Identity and Multicultural Assessment: Quantitative and Qualitative Tools for the Clinician......Page 102 5. Clinical Diagnosis of Multicultural Populations in the United States......Page 136 Section Two: Daily Living Assessment......Page 168 6. Assessment of Diverse Family Systems......Page 170 7. Vocational Assessment with Culturally Diverse Populations......Page 204 8. Assessing Quality of Life in the Context of Culture......Page 226 Part Two: Testing Issues......Page 248 Section One: Personality Assessment......Page 250 9. Narrative Assessments: TAT, CAT, and TEMAS......Page 252 10. Multicultural Usage of the Rorschach......Page 272 11. Use of 16PF and CPI with U.S. Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Issues of Cultural Application and Validity......Page 288 12. Multicultural Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator......Page 314 13. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory......Page 342 Section Two: Assessment of Cognitive Abilities......Page 366 14. Ability Testing Across Cultures......Page 370 15. Multicultural Issues and the Assessment of Aptitude......Page 394 16. Social and Emotional Assessment......Page 418 17. Assessing Intelligence in a Population That Speaks More Than Two Hundred Languages: A Nonverbal Solution......Page 440 18. Neuropsychological Assessment in a Multicultural Context......Page 468 19. Family-Oriented, Culturally Sensitive (FOCUS) Assessment of Young Children......Page 496 20. Multiculturally Sensitive Assessment with Older Adults: Recommendations and Areas for Additional Study......Page 532 21. Multicultural Issues and Dynamic Assessment......Page 558 22. Academic Achievement......Page 576 23. Multicultural Assessment: Trends and Directions Revisited......Page 604 Name Index......Page 610 Subject Index......Page 628 "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." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007028794-d.html. This newly revised edition of the bestselling handbook offers the most current information on multicultural assessment issues and applications of the most popular measures and assessment practices. This essential resource offers innovative ideas for conducting assessments with minority populations -- a process that will take on increasing importance well into the 21st century. Index. As our world continues to become more and more culturally diverse, this completely revised edition fills the need for an updated guide to psychological testing and assessment in multicultural environments.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

There is a longstanding debate regarding appropriate testing and assessment strategies for use with minority populations that include women, ethnic minorities, limited English speakers, and the physically challenged.