Essentials of Behavioral Assessment
Apr 2002 · Sold by John Wiley & Sons
eBook
208
Pages
About this eBook
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidentlyadminister, score, and interpret behavioral assessment tests
Behavioral assessment tests analyze and assess a broad range ofbehavioral problems found among children and adolescents, includinghyperactivity, impulsivity, and ADHD. To use these tests properly,professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidanceon how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten byleading experts in the behavioral assessment field and the creatorsof the BASC (Behavioral Assessment System for Children), Essentialsof Behavioral Assessment is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries, this book is designed to help busy mental healthprofessionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need tomake optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments.Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlightingkey concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material,as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce yourgrasp of the information covered.
Essentials of Behavioral Assessment is the first book to providestate-of-the-art interpretive and administrative guidelines tousing the BASC, CRS-R (Conners' Rating Scales-Revised), and CBCL(Achenbach Child Behavior Checklists), the leading and most highlyrecognized behavioral assessment tests used in the field. Theauthors also offer expert assessment of the tests' merits andinclude classroom observations.
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries:
Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment
Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment
Essentials of WMS?-III Assessment
Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessment
Essentials of Nepsy? Assessment
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment
Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other KaufmanMeasures
Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment
Essentials of WISC-III? and WPPSI-R? Assessment
Behavioral assessment tests analyze and assess a broad range ofbehavioral problems found among children and adolescents, includinghyperactivity, impulsivity, and ADHD. To use these tests properly,professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidanceon how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten byleading experts in the behavioral assessment field and the creatorsof the BASC (Behavioral Assessment System for Children), Essentialsof Behavioral Assessment is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries, this book is designed to help busy mental healthprofessionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need tomake optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments.Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlightingkey concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material,as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce yourgrasp of the information covered.
Essentials of Behavioral Assessment is the first book to providestate-of-the-art interpretive and administrative guidelines tousing the BASC, CRS-R (Conners' Rating Scales-Revised), and CBCL(Achenbach Child Behavior Checklists), the leading and most highlyrecognized behavioral assessment tests used in the field. Theauthors also offer expert assessment of the tests' merits andinclude classroom observations.
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries:
Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment
Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment
Essentials of WMS?-III Assessment
Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessment
Essentials of Nepsy? Assessment
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment
Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other KaufmanMeasures
Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment
Essentials of WISC-III? and WPPSI-R? Assessment
About the author
MICHAEL C. RAMSAY, PhD, Texas A&M University, CollegeStation, Texas.
CECIL R. REYNOLDS, PhD, ABPN, ABPP, Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, Texas.
R. W. KAMPHAUS, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens,Georgia.
CECIL R. REYNOLDS, PhD, ABPN, ABPP, Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, Texas.
R. W. KAMPHAUS, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens,Georgia.
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