ABPP: Multicultural and Lingual Psychological Assessments
Presented by: Antonio E. Puente, PhD and Antonio N. Puente, PhD
3 Hours / 3 CEs
On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training
This on-demand professional training program on Multicultural and Lingual Psychological Assessments is presented by Antonio E. Puente, Ph.D., and Antonio N. Puente, Ph.D., in partnership with The American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
The shifting demographics of the US have resulted in a paradigm shift for the foundations of neuro/psychological assessment. This program focuses on the application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that have overall consistent and credible empirical support in the contemporary peer-reviewed scientific literature beyond those publications and other types of communications devoted primarily to the promotion of the approach.
Program content focuses on ethical, legal, statutory, or regulatory policies, guidelines, and standards that impact psychological practice, education, or research.
This program addresses:
- shifting demographics,
- neuro/psychological workforce,
- importance of both linguistic and cultural factors in psychological constructs,
- the difference between translation and adaption with a specific focus on "construct equivalence"
- using Hispanics as an example, the status of neuropsychological assessments,
- potential solutions to addressing challenges with record reviews, interviews, testing, and follow-up with Spanish-speaking clients,
- generalizability of the principles applied to Spanish speakers to other cultural minority groups, and
- suggestions for training and increasing culturally prepared neuro/psychological workforce and implications for social and healthcare policy.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- 1 Describe the shifting US demographics and the status of the neuro/psychological assessment literature.
- 2 Describe the technical and clinical neuro/psychological methods for adapting to linguistically and culturally minority groups.
- 3 Describe the application of different strategies and tests for the full assessment of Spanish-speakers, specifically, and culturally dissimilar groups, in general.
Training Instructors:
Antonio E. Puente, PhD
Antonio E. Puente, PhD, was born in La Habana, Cuba and emigrated to the US in 1960. Puente received his PhD from the University of Georgia. He has taught at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) since 1981 and prior to that at St. George’s University School of Medicine. His primary teaching activities include Brain and Behavior, Clinical Neuropsychology, and History of Psychology. Puente is founding director of UNCW’s Centro Hispano, and his research focuses on the interface between culture and neuropsychology.
Antonio N. Puente, PhD
Antonio N. Puente, PhD is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist and the Chief Psychologist at George Washington University-Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia, completed his clinical internship at Duke University School of Medicine and postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Puente conducts neuropsychological evaluations and is a trained cognitive behavioral therapist.
We are proud to partner with
American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
We are proud to partner with The American Board of Professional Psychology for this training. The American Board of Professional Psychology serves the public by promoting the provision of quality psychological services through the examination and certification of professional psychologists engaged in specialty practice. ABPP is the primary organization for Specialty Board Certification in Psychology. There are currently 15 Specialty Boards and one Subspecialty Board.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here.
American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).
Sponsorship Approval Statement
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7190. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Palo Alto University, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Palo Alto University maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits. Continuing and Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0103. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073.