title: Professional considerations for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper.
abstract: In a national survey, 82% of U.S. neuropsychologists who offered services to Hispanics self-reported inadequate preparation to work with this population (Echemendia, Harris, Congett, Diaz, & Puente, 1997). The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality and accessibility of neuropsychological services for Hispanic people living in the United States by giving guidance for service delivery, training, and organizational policy. General guidance towards this end comes from professional ethics for psychologists and interpreters/translators, federal civil rights law, the International Test Commission, and the Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, among others. This guidance is specifically applied here to cover professional cultural and linguistic competence of neuropsychologists, psychometrists, interpreters, translators, and consultants; languages of evaluation; use of interpreters; evaluation of acculturation; test translation, adaptation, and interpretation; application of test norms; intervention issues; reimbursement; and organizational issues.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. t.judd@comcast.net
authors.forename: Tedd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Judd
authors.forename: Darla
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capetillo
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrión-Baralt
authors.forename: Leonardo M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mármol
authors.forename: Liza San
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Miguel-Montes
authors.forename: M Gina
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: Antonio E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Puente
authors.forename: Heather Rodas
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valdés
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000592:standards; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology