Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780471383185)

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidentlyadminister, score, and interpret nonverbal assessment tests

Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment covers the nine most widely usednonverbal assessment tests--the Comprehensive Test of NonverbalIntelligence (C-TONI); Tests of Nonverbal Intelligence-III(TONI-III); Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT); Leiter-R;Beta, Third Edition (Beta-III); Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT);General Ability Measure for Adults (GAMA); Naglieri NonverbalAbility Test, Multilevel Form (NNAT); and Raven's ProgressMatrices. To use the tests properly, professionals need anauthoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret these tests. Written by Drs. McCallum andBracken (creators of the UNIT) and Dr. Wasserman of the Universityof Tennessee, Essentials of Nonverbal 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 Nonverbal Assessment includes vital information abouteach of the nonverbal tests, including practical interpretationscales. The authors provide step-by-step guidance on testadministration, scoring, and interpretation, along with theirexpert assessment of the tests' relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on their clinical applications, and severalilluminating case reports.

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessmentseries:

Essentials of WAIS-III Assessmen

Essentials of Bayley Scales of Infant Development-IIAssessment

Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessment

Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment

Essentials of Rorschach Assessment

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment

Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other KaufmanMeasures

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment

Author: Steve McCallum, Bruce Bracken, John Wasserman
ISBN-10: 047138318X
ISBN-13: 9780471383185
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2000
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.82w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 4