Handbook of Multicultural Assessment (Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications):2nd Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787951773 ISBN 13: 9780787951771

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A Revised Edition of an Essential Guide "Should be required reading in our clinical, counseling, education, and mental health training programs. It addresses the critical issues of culture and assessment and offers significant insights into means of conducting valid assessments with ethnic minority populations." —Stanley Sue, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director, National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health (from the original Handbook of Multicultural Assessment)

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.

From the Back Cover:

This insightful handbook presents the current research and methods in multicultural assessment, and offers in-depth analysis of the relevant and timely issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0787951773
• ISBN 13: 9780787951771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Suzuki Lisa A., Ponterotto Joseph G., Meller Paul J.