Culture in Assessment Webinar Series: Introduction: Culture Privilege and Oppression in Psychological Assessment (WITH CE)

Description

Presenter: A. Jordan Wright, PhD, ABAP, ABPP

Jordan Wright, PhD, ABAP, ABPP is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University, where he is the Director of the PhD program in Combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology and the Founding Director of NYU’s training clinic, the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing. He is a licensed psychologist in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Massachusetts and is involved in direct clinical service, teaching/education, clinical supervision, and research. 

Dr. Wright earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University, as well as a Master’s in Psychology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is board certified from the American Board of Professional Psychology (Clinical Psychology) and the American Board of Assessment Psychology. He is the President Elect of the Society of Clinical Psychology, serves on the Board of the Society for Personality Assessment, and will serve as President/Chair of the American Board of Assessment Psychology (ABAP) beginning in 2025. He has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles and multiple books in the field of psychological assessment. 

Overview:         

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.  

Learning Objectives: Intended Audience: Intermediate

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.

Attendees must complete the Evaluation and Knowledge Test sent after the program.   CE Certificates will be processed and emailed within 5 – 10 business days from receipt of Knowledge Test Results.