Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) (Paperback)

by Dawn P. Flanagan (Author), Samuel O. Ortiz (Author), Vincent C. Alfonso (Author)
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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently conduct Cross-Battery Assessment

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Cross-Battery assessment approach (also referred to as the XBA approach) is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary psychometric theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive and achievement batteries, enabling mental health professionals to expand their traditional assessments to more comprehensively address referral concerns. This approach also includes guidelines for identification of specific learning disabilities and assessing cognitive capabilities of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this volume is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition is updated to include the latest edition of cognitive ability tests, including KABC-II, SB5, WISC(r)-IV, WPPSI-III, DAS-II(r), WAIS(r)-III, and WJ III COG as well as the most current comprehensive achievement tests, such as WJ III ACH, KTEA-II, and WIAT(r)-II. A new chapter demonstrates the use of the XBA approach in assessing learning disabilities in a manner consistent with the recent reauthorization of IDEA. This book now includes a CD-ROM that contains three programs that allow you to enter data and review results: the Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant (XBA DMIA) v1.0; the Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Assistant v1.0; and the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix (C-LIM) v1.0.

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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently conduct Cross-Battery Assessment

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Cross-Battery assessment approach (also referred to as the XBA approach) is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary psychometric theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive and achievement batteries, enabling mental health professionals to expand their traditional assessments to more comprehensively address referral concerns. This approach also includes guidelines for identification of specific learning disabilities and assessing cognitive capabilities of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this volume is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition is updated to include the latest edition of cognitive ability tests, including KABC-II, SB5, WISC®-IV, WPPSI-III, DAS-II®, WAIS®-III, and WJ III COG as well as the most current comprehensive achievement tests, such as WJ III ACH, KTEA-II, and WIAT®-II. A new chapter demonstrates the use of the XBA approach in assessing learning disabilities in a manner consistent with the recent reauthorization of IDEA. This book now includes a CD-ROM that contains three programs that allow you to enter data and review results: the Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant (XBA DMIA) v1.0; the Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Assistant v1.0; and the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix (C-LIM) v1.0.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (April 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471757713
• ISBN-13: 978-0471757719
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for your assessment library!, February 3, 2001

By	R. Misak "Cognimetrix" (Victoria, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) (Paperback)

I have used Cross-Battery Assessments for over two years, and this is THE book to have in your library! Easy to read, it provides an excellent method to evaluate cognitive functioning! In school psychology, I am asked to evaluate students and then apply the results to their educational programming. Never before has it been so clear, and it has changed the way I do my job. ANYONE who does intellectual testing should have this book!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Teaching Assistant, December 16, 2001

By	Deborah Mohn "cookindoc" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) (Paperback)

I supervise and teach psychological assessment and use this book to help students learn how to integrate different psychological tests in their reports. The worksheets provide useful guidelines for integrating data. Overall this reference helps one create reports that are useful and appropriate for both teachers and parents, as well as physicians an therapists. Jerome Sattler's Assessment of Children books are probably the backbone of my work, but this little paperback is handy when a quick overview is all that's needed or I want to present material to individuals who do not have a theoretical background in assessment and psychometry.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Update is in progress, June 5, 2006

By	Samuel O. Ortiz (Queens, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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To any who may read the review below about updating this volume, I would like to announce, as an author of this book, that the second edition is already in progress and will contain all of the new versions of the major cognitive batteries as well as the most current principles of cross-battery assessment. The new volume is not a simple revision but more an evolution of the approach. Although some of the information in the current volume is definitely outdated, the basic ideas, principles, and approach remains as viable today as before. According to Wiley's website, the book is due out in March of 2006.