Introduction - Culture, Privilege, and Oppression in Psychological Assessment (1 CE)

Abstract 

This presentation will discuss a model of thinking about culture, privilege, and oppression both in the content and process of psychological assessment. Through a lens of structural competency (Wilcox et al., 2024), the life cycle of an individual psychological assessment will be broken down into its component parts to elucidate where issues of culture, privilege, and oppression interact with the assessment process (Wright, 2024a). The concept of psychological testing endeavoring to assess clients under ideal (or best possible) circumstances will be examined (Wright, 2024b), as will specific actions to reduce bias in the process.

Presenter

Dr. A. Jordan Wright | New York University 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the Webinar, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify three ways culture, privilege, and/or oppression can affect the psychological assessment process.
2. Describe three strategies to address issues of culture, privilege, and/or oppression in the psychological assessment process.

Continuing Education Statement 

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and the Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of American Psychological Association are approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. They maintain responsibility for this program and its content.

Society for Personality Assessment 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-0218.