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Cultural Issues in Family Assessment
Resource and publications on cultural issues in family assessment.
An Approach to Strength and Risk Assessment With Multi-Cultural Guidelines
Caldwell, English, Foote, Hodges, et al. (1992)
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An approach to risk assessment with specific multicultural guidelines.
Assessing Children and Families Who Belong to Minority Ethnic Groups
Banks (2001)
In The Child's World: Assessing Children in Need
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Examines the definition of "minority ethnic" and discusses the implications of the assessment framework for children and families who are not White.
Assessing Parenting Behaviors Across Racial Groups: Implications for the Child Welfare System (PDF - 501 KB)
Berger, McDaniel, & Paxson (2005)
Examines whether the race of interviewers, relative to the race of families they interview, influences parenting assessments.
Early Childhood Psychosocial Screening in Culturally Diverse Populations: A Survey of Clinical Experience With the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ: SE)
Lyman, Njoroge, & Willis
Zero to Three, 27(4), 2007
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This preliminary study highlights some of the complexities inherent in conducting psychosocial screening in cross-cultural contexts.
Multicultural Assessment: Principles, Applications, and Examples
Dana (2005)
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Presents general and instrument-specific guidelines for practice with multicultural populations.
Would Cultural Matching Ensure Culturally Competent Assessments?
Maitra (2003)
In Studies in the Assessment of Parenting
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Examines the dynamics of assessments conducted by professionals of the same culture as the family.
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