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Books
Davis, J.M. & D’Amato, M. Eds. (2014). Neuropsychology of Asians and Asian Americans: Practical and
Theoretical Considerations. (Issues of Diversity in Clinical Neuropsychology). Springer.
Ferraro, F.R. Ed. (2002). Minority and Cross-cultural Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment. (Volume 4 of
Studies on neuropsychology, development and cognition). Taylor and Francis, 2002.
Flanagan, D.P. & Oritz, S.O. (2001) Essential of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition. Wiley.
Fujii, D. Ed. (2010). The Neuropsychology of Asian Americans. (Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and
Cognition). Psychology Press.
Llorente, A.M. , Ed. (2007). Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment with Hispanics: Theoretical
foundations and clinical practice. (Issues of Diversity in Clinical Neuropsychology). Springer.
Nell, V. (2000). Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Assessment: Theory and practice. Lawrence Erlbuam
Publishers.
Pontón, M.O., & Leon-Carrion, J.(Eds.) (2001). Neuropsychology and the Hispanic Patient: A Clinical Handbook.
Psychology Press.
Smedley, B. D., Stith, A. Y., & Nelson, A. R. (Eds.) (2003). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health Care. National Academies Press.
Uzzell, B.P., Pontón, M., & Ardila, A. (Eds.) (2013). International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology.
Psychology Press.
Articles
APA Crossroads
Boone, K. B., Victor, T. L., Wen, J., Razani, J., & Pontón, M. (2007). The association between neuropsychological scores
and ethnicity, language, and acculturation variables in a large patient population. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
22(3), 355-365.
Casas, R. Guzman-Vélez, E. Cardona-Rodriguez, J., Rodriquez, N., Quiñones, G., Izaguirre, B., Tranel, D. (2012).
Interpreter-mediated neuropsychological testing of monolingual Spanish speakers. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist, 26(1), 88-101.
Celenk, O., & Van de Vijver, F. (2011). Assessment of Acculturation: Issues and Overview of
Measures. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, Unit 8. Retrieved from
http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol8/iss1/10
Gasquoine, P.G. & Gonzalez, C.D. (2012). Using monolingual neuropsychological test norms with bilingual
Hispanic Americans: Application of an individual comparison standard. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology,
27(3), 268-276.
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Judd, T., Capetillo, D., Carrion-Baralt, J., Marmol, L.M., San Miguel-Montes, L., Navarrete, M.G., et al. (2009).
Professional consideration for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: A National Academy
of Neuropsychology education paper. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24(2), 127-135.
Kang, S-M. (2006). Measurement of acculturation, scale formats, and language competence: Their implications
for adjustment. Journal of Cross-cultural psychology, 37(6), 669-693.
Kennepohl, S., Shore, D., Nabors, N. & Hanks, R. (2004). African American acculturation and
neuropsychological test performance following traumatic brain injury. Journal of International
Neuropsychological Society, 10(4), 566-577.
Mindt, M. R., Arentoft, A., Kubo Germano, K., D’Aquila, E., Scheiner, D., Pizzirusso, M., Sandoval, T.C., &
Gollan, T.H. (2008). Neuropsychological, cognitive, and theoretical considerations for evaluation of bilingual
individuals. Neuropsychology Review, 18(3), 255-268.
Mindt, M.R., Byrd, D., Saez, P. & Manly, J. (2010). Increasing Culturally Competent Neuropsychological Services
for Ethnic Minority Populations: A Call to Action. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24, 429-453.
Ortiz , S.O. (2004). Comprehensive Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A systematic,
practical approach for nondiscriminatory assessment.
Razani, J., Burciaga, J., Madore, M., & Wong, J. (2007). Effects of acculturation on tests of attention and
information processing in an ethnically diverse group. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22(3), 333-341.
Searsight, H. R., & Searsight, B.K. (2009). Working with foreign language interpreters: Recommendations for
psychological practice. Professional Psychology:Research and Practice,40(5), 444-451.
Wong, T.M. & Fujii, D.E. (2004). Neuropsycholgical assessment of Asian Americans: demographic factors,
cultural diversity, and practical guidelines. Applied Neuropsychology, 11(1), 23-36.
Book Chapters
Paradis, M. (2008) Language and Communication disorders in multilinguals. In Handbook of the Neuroscience
of Language. Stemmer, B. & Whitaker, H.A. (Eds.) Elsevier Ltd Academic Press. 341-349.0
Nabors, N.A., Evans, J.D., & Strickland, T.L. (2000). Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention with
African Americans. In Handbook of Cross Cultural Neuropsychology. Fetcher, Janzen, E., Strickland, T.L., &
Reynolds, C. (Eds.) Springer. 31-42.
Online
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
The Office of Minority Health has accumulated a number of resources, guides and toolkits related to promoting cultural
competency including use of interpreter services and implementing language access services in healthcare
organizations.
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United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/topics/population.html
Information regarding US Census Data
International Test Commission
http://www.intestcom.org/guidelines/index.php
Guidelines for adapting and utilizing tests
Central Intelligence Agency: World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Descriptions of countries’ facts
Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
Website of various websites that offer health information in various languages and/or specific languages.
Centers for Disease and Control: Spanish website
http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
Information about a wide variety of conditions and diseases in Spanish.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
http://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/health_information/Pages/information_in_other_languages.aspx
Provides multi-language information on mental health and addiction to people for whom English is not a first language.
Languages offered vary from Amharic to Vietnamese.
Alzheimer’s Australia
http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content/information-other-languages
Resources for translated informative information in PDF format about dementia in many languages (Hindi, Korean,
Tagalog, Croatian, Arabic, Tamil, German, Russian, Laotian, etc)
TBI Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
http://www.msktc.org/
MSKTC has translated all TBI consumer factsheets into Spanish. Topics include Understanding TBI, Acute Inpatient
Rehabilitation, Cognitive Problems, Driving, Emotional Problems, Fatigue, Headaches, Returning to School, Seizures,
Sleep and Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://espanol.ninds.nih.gov/trastornos/indice.htm
Provides and extensive list of free brochures which can be ordered in Spanish, topics include (among many others):
Aphasia, Aneurism, Sleep Apnea, Aphasia, Apraxia, Stroke (prevention, signs, rehabilitation), Pain, Coma, Hydrocephalus,
Hypoxia/Anoxia, AVM, Meningitis & Encephalitis, TBI, Pituitary Tumor
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://nichcy.org/espanol
Provides multiple resources in Spanish for parents of children with disabilities including how to identify and navigate
community and federal resources.
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Brainline
http://www.brainline.org/function_pages/results.php?lang=spanish&sort=atoz
Videos and literature in Spanish about traumatic brain injury for service providers, survivors and caregivers.
National Center for Cultural Competence
http://nccc.georgetown.edu/information/organizations.html
Offers extensive information and resources for organizations related to cultural and linguistic competence including
planning and implementing organizational self assessments and multiple policy briefs related to cultural and linguistic
competence.
Consultant Pool: The National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) maintains a pool of consultants that includes
researchers, evaluators, and providers of training, technical assistance or consultation. Their expertise relates to cultural
and linguistic competence in a broad range of health, mental health, education and human service arenas. Consultants
have experience at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels.
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
www.tapartnerhsip.org
Provides an extensive library of Cultural and Linguistic Competence Publications, a practical guide for implementing CLAS
standards, organizational assessments, culturally specific publications (Asian American, Latino, GLBT, Native American,
Immigrant and Refugee)
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://nichcy.org/espanol/discapacidades/especificas/aprendizaje
Information for parents in Spanish about learning disorders in children with several links
National Autistic Society
http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/in-other-languages.aspx
Translated information on autism and Asperger syndrome
Autism Society
http://www.autism-society.org/espanol/
Information about autism in Spanish
Ethnomed
http://www.ethnomed.org/
Extensive and detailed information related to history, traditions, beliefs, family structure, immigration and acculturation,
common health concerns, sexuality, reproduction, politics, language, nutrition, death and dying, concepts of health and
disease, transition to US and western medicine, and additional resources and videos pertaining to a large range of
specific cultures including Cambodian, Hmong, Somali, Somali Bantu, Oromo, Iraqi, Eritrean, Ethiopian and many more.
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/
Facilitates the sharing of information between rehabilitation researchers across the U.S. and other countries. CIRRIE
offers a database of International Research and the International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation. CIRRIE also supports
international collaboration in rehabilitation research through a program to support exchanges of researchers
between the US and other countries.
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DiversityRX
www.diversityrx.org
The organization facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information among professionals offering professional
development and technical assistance. The website offers a resource database and also an organization database as
well as a listserv for providers seeking to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Mental Health Interpreter Training
http://nlbha.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:mhit&catid=45:mhitcat&Itemid=104
Training for interpreters and providers working in areas with concentrated communities of monolingual Spanish
speaking or Limited English Proficient clients. It is a project between the National Latino Behavioral Health Association
and the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association.
International Liason Committee of the International Neuropsychological Society
http://www.ilc-ins.org/
Group to promote increased communication and collaboration among neuropsychologists worldwide. Cross-cultural
referrals database listed.
Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
www.hnps.org
List of Spanish-speaking neuropsychologists and resources for members
Public Interest Advisory Committee of Division 40 APA: Ethnic Minority Affairs
Subcommittee
http://www.div40.org/Committee_Activities_Pages/Advisory_Committee/ethnic_min_affair_com.htm
Promotes the integration of diverse population into practice, research, teaching and training of Neuropsychology
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