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This volume - now in its second edition - has been completely updated to provide the most comprehensive and accessible handbook of practices and tools for the clinical assessment of child and adolescent intelligence. Designed specifically as a teaching tool, it provides students with an accessible guide to interpretation and applies the same interpretive systems across many tests. It emphasizes the proper interpretation of intelligence tests within the context of a child's life circumstances and includes several devices to enhance the logical processes of assessment, beginning with test selection and concluding with the reporting of results.
In addition, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Intelligence:
- Stresses the importance of the interpretive process over the value of specific tests
- Fosters a deeper understanding of the intelligence construct
- Emphasizes learning by example, using valuable case studies and vignettes designed to provide students with concrete models to emulate
This edition covers all facets of intelligence testing, including detailed explanations of test interpretation, theory, research, and the full-range of testing options for preschoolers through adult clients. New chapters have been introduced on neuropsychological approaches, adolescent and adult intelligence, including coverage of WAIS-III and KAIT, and achievement and intelligence screeners have been added. And although designed primarily as a text for beginning graduate students, the book is also useful as a "refresher" for clinicians who are looking for updated assessment information.
List of contents
History.- Theory.- Research Findings.- The Assessment Process.- Pscyhometric Principles and Issues.- Culture and Bias.- Practice Standards and Ethics.- The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Third Edition (WISC-III).- Standford-Binet Fourth Edition.- Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC).- Assessment of Adolescent and Adult Intelligence.- Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (W-J).- Differential Ability Scales (DAS).- Achievement and Intelligence Screeners.- Infant and Preschool Methods.- Nonverbal Tests.- Modern Interpretation Methods.- Report Writing and Oral Reporting.- Neuropsychological Assessment and Intellectual Function in Children.- Mental Retardation and Learning Disabilities.- Appendix A.
About the author
Randy W. Kamphaus is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia. In addition to classroom work, he has served in roles such as the Director of Training for the doctoral program in School Psychology, the Director of the School Psychology Clinic, and as the Faculty Administrator for Research in the College of Education.A focus on issues related to clinical assessment has led Dr. Kamphaus to pursue research in classification methods, differential diagnosis, test development and learning disability and ADHD assessment. He has served as principal investigator, coinvestigator, or consultant on several federally funded research projects dealing with early intervention and prevention, child classification methods, prevalency of ADHD and Conduct Disorder in Latin America, and violence prevention in schools.As a licensed psychologist and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), he has contributed extensively to his profession, and he is Past-President of the Division of School Psychology for APA.
Summary
This volume – now in its second edition – has been completely updated to provide the most comprehensive and accessible handbook of practices and tools for the clinical assessment of child and adolescent intelligence. Designed specifically as a teaching tool, it provides students with an accessible guide to interpretation and applies the same interpretive systems across many tests. It emphasizes the proper interpretation of intelligence tests within the context of a child’s life circumstances and includes several devices to enhance the logical processes of assessment, beginning with test selection and concluding with the reporting of results.
In addition, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Intelligence:
- Stresses the importance of the interpretive process over the value of specific tests
- Fosters a deeper understanding of the intelligence construct
- Emphasizes learning by example, using valuable case studies and vignettes designed to provide students with concrete models to emulate
This edition covers all facets of intelligence testing, including detailed explanations of test interpretation, theory, research, and the full-range of testing options for preschoolers through adult clients. New chapters have been introduced on neuropsychological approaches, adolescent and adult intelligence, including coverage of WAIS-III and KAIT, and achievement and intelligence screeners have been added. And although designed primarily as a text for beginning graduate students, the book is also useful as a "refresher" for clinicians who are looking for updated assessment information.
