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Author Gopaul-McNicol, Sharon-Ann.

Title Assessment and culture : psychological tests with minority populations / Sharon-Ann Gopaul-McNicol, Eleanor Armour-Thomas.

Publication Info. San Diego : Academic Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Practical resources for the mental health professional
Practical resources for the mental health professional.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-200) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The challenge of non-discriminatory assessment in a culturally diverse society -- Ethical and legal issues in cross-cultural assessment -- Toward a bio-cultural perspective of assessment -- Assessing the intellectual functioning of children from culturally diverse backgrounds -- Assessing the linguistic proficiency of children from culturally diverse backgrounds -- Assessing the academic performance of children from culturally diverse backgrounds -- Assessing the visual-motor and neuropsychological functioning of culturally diverse children -- Personality assessment and culturally diverse children -- Cultural issues in vocational/guidance assessment -- A bio-cultural approach to report writing -- Training school and university personnel to work with cross-cultural ethnic minority populations -- Implications for cross-cultural research in assessment -- Policy implications in cross-cultural assessment.
Summary Assessment and Culture challenges the classical approach to the assessment of minority populations by pointing out the deficiencies in this approach and offers instead a bio-cultural model of assessment. The principle objective of this book is to help mental health professionals to more accurately assess individuals from various ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The culture-fair techniques and strategies of the book tap into a broad range of the abilities and aptitudes of the examinee. Assessment and Culture provides a cultural frame of reference which allows the examiner to take into account the individual's social and cultural factors in development, coping style and personal history. Individual chapters consider the practical aspects of assessing the intellectual, linguistic, academic, visual-motor, emotional and vocational functioning of culturally diverse children. An entire section of the book is devoted to writing the assessment report.
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Subject Psychiatry -- Methodology.
Psychiatry -- Methodology.
Communication in psychiatry.
Communication in psychiatry.
Cultural psychiatry.
Cultural psychiatry.
Psychological Tests.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Armour-Thomas, Eleanor.
Other Form: Print version: Gopaul-McNicol, Sharon-Ann. Assessment and culture. San Diego : Academic Press, ©2002 0122904516 (DLC) 2001094481 (OCoLC)48490168
ISBN 0585469105 (electronic book)
9780585469102 (electronic book)
9780122904516
0122904516
0080499503 (electronic book)
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