Essay Topic:Demographic shifts in Australia have resulted in a rapidly growing need for provision of neuropsychological services to individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds....

Essay Topic:Demographic shifts in Australia have resulted in a rapidly growing need for provision of neuropsychological services to individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The assessment of cognitive functioning in these individuals poses considerable challenges and neuropsychologists’ ability to adequately service this subset of the population has been questioned. Evaluate the approaches adopted by clinical neuropsychologists for the assessment of individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the factors that mayaffect the validity of these assessments. Refer to examples of clinical populations and/or neuropsychological tests to support your response.