Conduct effective diagnostic interviews and enhance client relationship skills
A thorough diagnostic interview is the foundation for informed and comprehensive clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. In addition to basic interviewing techniques, professionals must also possess skills in designing interviews to satisfy the requirements of the accrediting agencies and third-party payers who audit their clients' charts. Now, there is one source that offers expert instruction in both--Essentials of Interviewing.
As part of the Essentials of Mental Health Practice...
Conduct effective diagnostic interviews and enhance client relationship skills
A thorough diagnostic interview is the foundation for info...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the PAI
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) provides critical information for psychologists about a client's psychopathology and constructs for effective treatment. To use this test properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret the test. Written by the developer and foremost authority on the PAI, Essentials of PAI Assessment is that source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the PAI
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret individual achievement tests
Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessment covers the achievement tests used in educational planning, transitional programming for students with disabilities, and career/vocational planning-including the major individually administered tests such as the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-II), Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA), Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised (PIAT-R), and the Wide Range Achievement Test-3...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret individual achievement tests
* Complete coverage of administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting * Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls * Conveniently formatted for rapid reference
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the Kaufman assessment tests
The seven Kaufman measures include the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT); Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC); Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT); Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test (K-FAST); Kaufman Short...
* Complete coverage of administration, scoring, interpretation, and reporting * Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls * Conveniently f...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the KABC-II
Now designed for children aged three to eighteen, the KABC-II is among the top tier of children's tests of cognitive ability. Alan and Nadeen Kaufman, authors of the KABC-II, joined forces with Elizabeth Lichtenberger and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen to produce Essentials of KABC-II Assessment.
The best source of information on the new edition of the K-ABC, Essentials of KABC-II Assessment provides students and practitioners with an unparalleled resource for...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the KABC-II
Alan Kaufman's informal, accessible writing style never sacrifices precision. In ten short chapters, he provides an astonishing depth and breadth of information, including engaging personal anecdotes that offer fresh and revealing insights even for a very experienced professional in the field..."
--John O. Willis, EdD Rivier College
Alan Kaufman has a knack for teaching complicated psychological constructs in a way that is simultaneously sophisticated and easily understood. In IQ Testing 101, he applies this gift masterfully to the complex, controversial...
Alan Kaufman's informal, accessible writing style never sacrifices precision. In ten short chapters, he provides an astonishing depth and breadth o...
Amanda M. Vanderheyden Matthew K. Burns Alan S. Kaufman
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to accurately and effectively implement Response to Intervention (RTI) programs
As adoption of the RTI model grows, professionals such as educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, general and special education teachers, and school administrators are eager to find resources that describe the theory behind it and provide useful guidelines for its effective implementation. Packaged in the user-friendly Essentials series format, and authored by two RTI experts, Essentials of Response to Intervention provides just that...
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to accurately and effectively implement Response to Intervention (RTI) programs
