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Multicultural School Psychology Competencies: A Practical Guide
Author(s): Danielle L. Martines (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 8 July 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 544 pages
- ISBN-10: 1412905141
- ISBN-13: 9781412905145
Book Description
- 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.
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About the Author
DR. MARTINES is an assistant professor in the psychology department at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Previously, she worked for the Board of Education of the City of New York. Dr. Martines has taught at Lehman College, College of New Rochelle, and Fordham University at Lincoln Center.
Dr. Martines has been professionally active as a Bilingual School Psychologist, Bilingual Psychotherapist and Foreign Language Assessment Examiner. Her current research interest is teacher′s multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills within the school based mental health consultation model.
