{"product_id":"essentials-of-culture-in-psychological-assessment-isbn-9781394173174","title":"Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntegrate cultural awareness and humility into your psychological assessments\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment,\u003c\/i\u003e editor Jordan A. Wright curates a collection of invaluable work that helps psychological assessors be more deliberate in acknowledging—and, in some cases, mitigating—the role that culture and cultural experiences can play in the psychological assessment process. It encourages assessors to think about cultural issues as they relate to clients, including the cultural background clients bring with them to the assessment and the oppressive experiences they may have endured. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll explore the roles that power and privilege might play in the assessment process and the cultural variables that affect the interaction with clients and the process as it unfolds. You'll also discover how culture and oppression can be considered and accounted for throughout the entire lifecycle of a psychological assessment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTools and strategies for conducting culture-informed and diversity-sensitive psychological assessment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTechniques for understanding the data that arises from clients from various backgrounds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWays to integrate culture into every aspect of psychological assessment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for psychology clinicians of all kinds, \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e is a can't-miss resource that will inform, improve, and transform the way you conduct psychological testing and assessment on clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editor xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Culture, Oppression, and Privilege in Psychological Assessment 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I General Considerations 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne History of Cultural Bias in Assessment 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Social Justice in Psychological Assessment 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Collecting Cultural Information 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Fairness and Bias in Educational and Psychological Testing 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Culture and Cognitive Measures in Psychological Assessment 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix Culture and Tests of Academic Achievement 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeven Culture and Tests of Personality and Psychopathology 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEight Culture and Assessment of Behavioral and Social-Emotional Functioning in Children 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Assessing Specific Populations 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNine Assessing Linguistically Diverse Clients 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen Assessing Black and African American Clients 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEleven Assessing Latine Clients 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelve Assessing Asian American Clients 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirteen Assessing American Indian\/Alaska Native (AI\/AN) Clients 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourteen Assessing Sexually Minoritized Clients 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteen Assessing Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixteen Assessing Neurodivergent Clients 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventeen Assessing Economically Marginalized Clients 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEighteen Assessing Clients with Physical and Medical Disabilities 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNineteen Assessing “Non- Minoritized” Clients 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 529\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. JORDAN WRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the PhD program in combined Clinical\/Counseling Psychology at New York University, where he is also the Director of the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing, NYU’s training clinic. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and the American Board of Professional Psychology, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality Assessment, and chaired the APA task force that developed guidelines for education and training in psychological assessment. He is also the Chief Clinical Officer at Parallel Learning.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful discussion of how to integrate cultural awareness and humility into your psychological assessments\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment,\u003c\/i\u003e distinguished clinician, author, and editor A. Jordan Wright delivers a collection of resources to help psychological assessors be more deliberate and mindful in acknowledging, and sometimes mitigating, the role that culture and cultural experiences play in psychological assessments. The book encourages assessors to consider cultural issues as they relate to clients, including the cultural background that clients bring with them to the assessment and experiences of privilege and oppression that may be impacting them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe included works explore the roles that power and privilege play in the assessment process and the cultural variables that can affect assessors’ interactions with clients, as well as how culture and oppression can be accounted for during the entire lifecycle of a psychological assessment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUseful tools and strategies for conducting culture-informed and diversity-sensitive psychological assessments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechniques for understanding data that come from clients’ varied backgrounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWays to integrate culture into the different parts of a psychological assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for psychology clinicians of all types, \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful collection of resources that will inform, improve, and change the way you conduct psychological testing and assessment with clients from all cultural backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989160378597,"sku":"NP9781394173174","price":57.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781394173174.jpg?v=1761783038","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/essentials-of-culture-in-psychological-assessment-isbn-9781394173174","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}