The goal of this Handbook is to describe the current assessment strategies and related best practices to professionals who serve individuals from diverse cultures or those who have difficulty using the English language. It will be a valuable resource for school psychologists, special educators, speech and hearing specialists, rehabilitation counselors, as well as graduate-level students of school psychology and child and family psychology.

Describes the current assessment strategies and related best practices to professionals who serve individuals from diverse cultures or those who have difficulty using the English language

Part I: Nonverbal Assessment. 1. Context for Nonverbal Assessment of Intelligence and Related Abilities R. Steve McCallum. 2. Best Practices in Detecting Bias in Nonverbal Tests Susan J. Maller. 3. Physiological and Psychological Influences on Multicultural and Nonverbal Assessment R. Steve McCallum. 4. Cross-Battery Assessment of Nonverbal Cognitive Ability Brian E. Wilhoit and R. Steve McCallum.Part II: Selected Nonverbal Tests and Cognitive Strategies. 5. The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Text R. Steve McCallum. 6. Assessment with the Leiter International Performance Scale - Revised and the S-BIT Gale Roid, Leah Nellis, and Mary McLellan. 7. Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence Nils Pearson. 8. The General Ability Measure for Adults Achilles N. Bardos. 9. Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Tests: NNAT and MAT-EF Jack A. Naglieri. 10. Test of Nonverbal Intelligence: A Language-Free Measure of Cognitive Ability Linda Brown. 11. Raven Progressive Matrices John and Jean Raven.Part III: Nonverbal Assessment of Related Abilities. 12. Nonverbal Assessment of Academic Achievement with Special Populations Craig L. Frisby. 13. Functional Behavior Assessment of Nonverbal Behavior Christopher H. Skinner and Ruth A. Ervin. 14. Nonverbal Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology John D. Wasserman. 15. Nonverbal Neuropsychological Assessment John D. Wasserman and Robin M. Lawhorn.Author Index. Subject Index.