LibGuides: MFT-5103 v4: Systemic Evaluation and Case Management: Week 9 Resources

Week 9 Resources

Assessment in Counseling: A Guide to the Use of Psychological Assessment Procedures
Hays, D. G., & Hood, A. B. (2013). Assessment in counseling: a guide to the use of psychological assessment procedures (5th ed.). American Counseling Association.
Chapter 4 reviews important factors in multicultural assessment.

Doing your own cultural self-assessment
Hays, P. A. (2016). Doing your own cultural self-assessment. In Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy (3rd ed., pp. 39–60). American Psychological Association.
Chapter 3 includes the self-assessment portion of this week’s assignment.

What We Don’t Know May Hurt Us: An Examination of Systematic Bias in Offender Risk Assessments
Ho, A., Lesneskie, E., & Hsu, K.-H. (2018). What we don’t know may hurt us: An examination of systematic bias in offender risk assessments. Deviant Behavior, 39(12), 1566–1577.
This article explores the impact of biases held by professionals on the outcome of assessments.