The Oxford handbook of child psychological assessment /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Description:xxiv, 860 p. ; ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford library of psychology
Oxford library of psychology.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9145665
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Other authors / contributors:Saklofske, Donald H.
Reynolds, Cecil R., 1952-
Schwean, Vicki L.
ISBN:9780199796304
0199796300
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Foundations of Psychological Assessment
  • 1. The Role of Theory in Psychological Assessment
  • 2. Testing: The Measurement and Assessment Link
  • 3. Measurement and Statistical Issues in Child Assessment Research
  • 4. Psychometric Versus Actuarial Interpretation of Intelligence and Related Aptitude Batteries
  • 5. The Status of Projective Assessment in Psychological Science and in Practice
  • 6. Large-Scale Group Score Assessments: Past, Present, and Future
  • 7. Testing, Assessment, and Cultural Variation: Challenges in Evaluating Knowledge Claims
  • 8. Methods for Translating and Adapting Tests to Increase Cross-Language Validity
  • 9. Diagnosis, Classification, and Screening Systems
  • 10. The ICF-CY: A Universal Taxonomy for Psychological Assessment
  • 11. The APA Ethics Code and the Case Against Projective Techniques in the Assessment of Children and Youths
  • Part 2. Models of Assessment
  • 12. Cognitive Assessment: Progress in Psychometric Theories of Intelligence, the Structure of Cognitive Ability Tests, and Interpretive Approaches to Cognitive Test Performance
  • 13. Principles of Assessment of Aptitude and Achievement
  • 14. Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment in Children and Adolescents
  • 15. Models for the Personality Assessment of Children and Adolescents
  • 16. Principles of Behavioral Assessment
  • 17. Therapeutic Assessment with Adolescents and Their Parents: A Comprehensive Model
  • Part 3. The Practice of Psychological Assessment
  • 18. History-taking, Clinical Interviewing, and the Mental Status Examination in Child Assessment
  • 19. Psychological Testing by Models of Cognitive Ability
  • 20. Methods of Neuropsychological Assessment
  • 21. Memory Assessment
  • 22. Formal Methods in Assessing Child and Adolescent Personality and Affect
  • 23. Methods of Assessing Academic Achievement
  • 24. Methods of Assessing Learning and Study Strategies
  • 25. Models and Methods of Assessing Creativity
  • 26. Methods of Assessing Behavior I: Observations and Rating Scales
  • 27. Models and Methods of Assessing Adaptive Behavior
  • Part 4. Special and Emergent Topics in Child and Adolescent Assessment
  • 28. The Authentic Alternative for Assessment in Early Childhood Intervention
  • 29. Assessing Mild Intellectual Disability: Issues and Best Practices
  • 30. Toward a Synthesis of Cognitive-Psychological, Medical/Neurobiological, and Educational Models for the Diagnosis and Management of Dyslexia
  • 31. Testing Accommodations for Children with Disabilities
  • 32. Special Issues in Forensic Assessment of Children and Adolescents
  • 33. Assessing Noncognitive Constructs in Education: A Review of Traditional and Innovative Approaches
  • 34. Assessment of Subjective Well-being in Children and Adolescents
  • 35. Assessment of Parenting Style, Parenting Relationships, and Other Parent Variables in Child Assessment
  • 36. Linking Children and Adolescent Assessment to Effective Instruction: An Evidence-based Perspective from the Experimental Literature