Assessment in Counseling: Fourth Edition

by Albert Hood & Richard Johnson (2007, Am. Counseling Assoc., 64.95)
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This best-selling handbook examines the basic principles of psychological assessment and the most widely used tests relevant to counselors and other mental health professionals. Hood and Johnson explain how to choose and administer testing instruments, conduct assessments, and interpret and communicate test results. More than 100 instruments—used in schools, university counseling centers, government, mental health clinics, and private practice—on intelligence, academic aptitude, career development, personal values measurement, interpersonal relationships, mental health, and ethnic minority populations are described.This edition contains information on the latest editions of existing instruments, including revised versions of the Stanford-Binet test, the Strong Interest Inventory, the Work Values Inventory, the California Psychological Inventory, and the SAT, as well as changes in school achievement tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act. New tests such as the Kuder Skills Assessment, Expanded Skills Confidence Inventory, Career Futures Inventory, the Schwartz Value Survey, and the Restructured Clinical Scales of the MMP1-2 are also highlighted. Clear and concise, Assessment in Counseling provides an excellent framework for assessment courses and is a handy reference for practitioners. [7” x 9”...332 pages]

Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents

by Ann Vernon and Roberto Clemente (2005, ACA, 45.95)
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Text combines specific, age-and-culture-appropriate assessment procedures with numerous techniques for meeting the counseling needs of young clients. [6” x 9”...258 pages]

Patterns of Learning Disorders: Working Systematically from Assessment to Intervention

by David Wodrich & Ara Schmitt (2006, Guilford, 43.00/hardback)
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Distilling what school practitioners really need to know, this book is learning disorders "made easy." Empirically based, the authors' system complements the popular Response to Intervention approach. This book features 12 case illustrations to show users how to link assessment directly to effective interventions for a wide range of problems. It fills a key need within the framework of IDEA 2004 and NCLB. [6” x 9”...306 pages]

Executive Skills in Children & Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment & Intervention

by Margaret Dawson (2004, Guilford, 30.00)
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The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are used in everyday life—from the self-regulation required for responsible behavior to the planning and initiation abilities needed to complete homework on time. Guidelines are presented for conducting multimodal assessments and using the results to plan environmental modifications, individualized instruction, coaching, and whole-class interventions.Many of the techniques described can be implemented by teachers and parents in collaboration with school-based clinicians. [8.5” x 11”...129 pages]

Assessment & Treatment of Childhood Problems: A Clinician's Guide, Second Edition

by Carolyn Schroeder, et al. (2002, Guilford, 75.00/hardback)
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This popular book is a guide to assessing and treating common childhood problems. This new edition features entirely new chapters on depression, eating problems, and ADHD. Featuring appendices that describe widely used assessment instruments, the book also contains over 20 reproducible measures, clinical forms, and parent handouts, ready to photocopy and use. [7” x 10”...594 pages]

Conducting School-Based Assessments of Child & Adolescent Behavior

Edited by Edward Shapiro, et al. (2000, Guilford, 32.00)
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A hands-on guide designed to help school practitioners conduct effective multidimensional assessments of a wide range of emotional and behavioral difficulties. Each chapter focuses on a particular method, describes its applications in the school setting, and offers clear guidelines for implementation, illustrated with realistic case examples. Approaches discussed include: direct observation, analogue assessment, child self-reports, teacher and parent interviewing, informant reports, and self-monitoring procedures. Recommendations for working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents are also provided. K-12. [6” x 9”...318 pages]

Building Positive Behavior Support Systems in Schools: Functional Behavioral Assessment

by Deanne Crone & Robert Horner (2003, Guilford, 32.00)
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This indispensable volume presents an up-to-date conceptual model and practical tools for meeting the challenges of severe problem behavior in elementary and middle-school settings. The focus is on developing and implementing team-based support plans for the 1-5% of students who require intensive, individualized behavioral assessment and intervention. [7” x 10”...171 pages]

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