Date of Award

8-24-2024

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D.

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Henrietta Pazos

Second Advisor

Laura Meyer

Third Advisor

Alex Fernandez-Ortega

Keywords

Assessment, Latine, Test selection, Test administration, Culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose best practice methods for evaluators who provide testing to bilingual and monolingual Spanish-speaking individuals. The best practice method focuses on test selection and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) test adaptations and modifications during test administration. Clinicians have an ethical responsibility to be well-versed and informed on the intersectionality of language and culture within current psychological tests and how CLD factors influence testing norms. Psychologists and mental health practitioners have expressed a need for guidelines on empirically or evidenced-based adaptations and modifications to standardized assessments to overcome the barriers facing Latine examinees. This paper discusses issues and obstacles evaluators navigate including the impact of language level/language acquisition, stage of acculturation, lack of reliable norms for Latine groups, and other CLD factors. Exploration and discussion of CLD considerations are used to propose a generalizable best practice model for evaluators in determining test selection and testing administration.

Copyright Date

7-7-2023

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Nicole Bozas

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

39 pgs

File Size

328 KB

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