Multicultural school psychology competencies : a practical guide
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Multicultural school psychology competencies : a practical guide
SAGE, c2008
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This unique guidebook is specifically designed with useful multicultural applications aimed at practice-based school psychology. The text compiles an informational and instructional array of helpful "hands-on" checklists, reviews of some of the most current cultural literature applicable to best practices, and provides guided steps to take in various practice-based situations. Multicultural School Psychology Competencies: A Practical Guide is practice-based, culture-sensitive, and intended for the multicultural competency preparation of psychologists-in-training and in practice as well as other professionals working with diverse children and youth in schools and other educational settings.
Key Features
Presents critical multicultural competencies that are practice and situation-based to offer guidance on what to do in specific school, clinical, or other educational settings
Includes checklists and scales that give readers access to practical situation guidelines and accessibility of copying scales
Provides guidelines for writing psychological reports for culturally and linguistically diverse children
Devotes an entire chapter on emotional and multiple intelligence
Discusses multicultural clinical assessment in schools
Intended Audience
This is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as School Psychology Practicum, Clinical Practicum, Role of the School Psychologist, and Multicultural or Bilingual Assessment-Behavioral in the fields of psychology, counseling, and education. This handy, comprehensive volume is also an invaluable resource for school psychologists, school counselors, educators, and other practitioners.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Multicultural School Competencies
Chapter 1: Introduction to Multicultural School Competencies
Part II: Multicultural Assessment
Chapter 2: Multicultural Assessment
Chapter 3: Assessment of Emotional and Multiple Intelligences
Chapter 4: Academic Assessment
Chapter 5: Clinical Assessment in a Multicultural Context
Chapter 6: Personality and Behavioral Assessment
Chapter 7: Writing Psychological and Educational Reports for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients
Part III: Consultations and Interventions
Chapter 8: Consultations and Interventions Involving Teachers
Chapter 9: Multicultural Competencies for Parental Training Programs (by Sara Nahari)
Part IV: Special Topics
Chapter 10: Acculturation
Chapter 11: The Language Barrier
Chapter 12: Prejudice Reduction
Chapter 13: Giftedness and Diverse Students
Index
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