Mental health screening is a pivotal practice for promoting the social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) health and well-being of youth in schools. However, some aspects of traditional mental health screening practices may inadvertently perpetuate structural racism and unintentionally facilitate oppression and SEB disparities. We address this issue…

Research identifies the alphabetic principle as a vital step in literacy development and validates Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) measures as early predictors of reading success. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the NWF assessment process used to measure the alphabetic principle is culturally valid for early elementary Hmong…

Because language provides the framework through which knowledge is constructed, it is crucial to consider the ways in which students with limited English proficiencies are able to express their understanding. English language learners (ELLs) make up a significant portion of the student body in the education system and represent many ethnic and…

This book contains exemplary resources for counselors, career development facilitators, school counselors, and other career professionals working in a variety of settings. This edition is an essential guide to career assessment and contains a comprehensive list of career assessment instruments. It has over 70 reviews and includes…

Verbal fluency tasks are used extensively in clinical settings because of their sensitivity to a wide variety of disorders, including cognitive decline and dementia, and their usefulness in differential diagnoses. However, the effects of bilingualism on neuropsychological assessment, and verbal fluency in particular, are currently not completely…

Cross-cultural issues in personality and career assessment include ethnocentrism; the concept of culture; whether personality is culturally constructed; and linguistic, conceptual, scale, and normative equivalencies of assessment instruments across cultures. Research should include broader cultural pools, and counseling must take a cross-cultural…

Presents a discussion of the importance, advantages, and disadvantages of culture-fair and culture-specific tests and evaluation tools related to occupational therapy. (JOW)

The author concludes that the continued administration of traditional ability tests to Black children without correcting for the cultural bias is a violation of the child's constitutional rights. (Author)

Defines women of color as African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latina American, or Native American. Critiques the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model and suggests a four-step process for career assessment of women of color that includes evaluation of cultural, gender, self-efficacy, and traditional career assessment variables. (SK)

Report of an interview with the inventor of the neural efficiency analyzer, reputed to be the first successful culture-free measure of native intelligence. (Author)

Concentrates on the notion that a person's intellectual competence can be assessed by observing what he does when confronted with tasks that any child can cope with. (Author)

Presents rationale to support the contention that IQ tests are inadequate for Spanish-surnamed children because they do not use appropriate cultural and linguistic life experiences. (DW)

The author explores the cultural biases of I.Q. tests and their implications for education. Culture specific tests are also discussed as a possible alternative to both standard and culture free I.Q. tests. (RP)

Discusses the influence of culture on four stages of vocational assessment. Reviews the role culture plays in problem clarification, information gathering, understanding the problem, and coping with the problem. Addresses issues in the use of standardized tests across cultures and highlights research on cross-cultural interest assessment. (Author)