Martines (psychology, Montclair State U., New Jersey) presents a resource for the preparation of multicultural competencies and skill development of school psychologists-in-training or in practice, educators, school counselors, and other practitioners providing services to culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents. Coverage includes the foundations for understanding the critical multicultural issues in school psychology; the varied professional domains of the practice of multicultural assessment, assessment of multiple intelligences, academic assessment, clinical assessment in a multicultural context, and personality and behavioral assessment; practical multicultural competencies for school-based consultation; and a selection of culture-sensitive topics such as acculturation, the language barrier, prejudice reduction, and giftedness and diverse students. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)