Kemp / Korkman Essentials of NEPSY-II Assessment

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-63463-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidentlyadminister, score, and interpret theNEPSY¯®-II
The NEPSY¯®-II is widelyused by school psychologists, neuropsychologists, and researchpsychologists to assess children, ages three to sixteen, withneurological disorders and developmental disabilities and todevelop effective intervention strategies. It providescomprehensive assessment over six functional domains:Attention/Executive Functioning, Language, Sensorimotor Functions,Visuospatial Processing, Memory and Learning, and SocialPerception. Professionals need an authoritative source of adviceand guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret the test touse it properly. Coauthored by two of the creators of theNEPSY¯®-II, Essentials ofNEPSY¯®-II Assessment isthat source.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of PsychologicalAssessment series, this book is designed to help busy mentalhealth professionals, and those in training, quickly acquire theknowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of majorpsychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter featuresnumerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points,and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions thathelp you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the informationcovered.
Essentials ofNEPSY¯®-IIAssessment includes vital information about theNEPSY¯®-II, including theadvantage of being able to assess a child across functions andmodalities. The authors provide step-by-step guidance on testadministration, scoring, and interpretation and valuable advice onits clinical applications. Expert assessment of the test'srelative strengths and weaknesses is also provided in a chaptercontributed by Stephen R. Hooper.
Other titles in the Essentials of PsychologicalAssessment series:
* Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
* Essentials of School Neurosychological Assessment
* Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions
* Essentials of Response to Intervention
* Essentials of Processing Assessment
* Essentials of Conners BehaviorAssessments¯TM
* Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition
* Essentials of WISC¯®-IVAssessment, Second Edition

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kemp, Sally L.

Korkman, Marit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface.
Acknowledgments.
One Overview.
Two How to Administer theNEPSY¯®-II.
Three How to Score theNEPSY¯®-II.
Four How to Interpret theNEPSY¯®-II.
Five Strengths and Weaknesses of theNEPSY¯®-II.
Six Clinical Applications of theNEPSY¯®-II.
Seven Illustrative Case Reports.
Appendix: NEPSY¯®-II DataWorksheet.
References.
Annotated Bibliography.
About the Authors.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

SALLY L. KEMP, PhD, is a developmental neuropsychologistwith extensive experience in multidisciplinary pediatric practiceand an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Psychology atthe University of Missouri, Columbia. Dr. Kemp's research hascentered on neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism,dyslexia, and ADHD. She is a coauthor of theNEPSY¯® andNEPSY¯®-II tests.
MARIT KORKMAN, PhD, is Professor of Neuropsychology atthe University of Helsinki and chairs the National FinnishPostgraduate Specialization Program in Clinical Neuropsychology.Dr. Korkman's research on children with various disorders andrisk factors, especially very low birth weight, prenatal alcoholexposure, epilepsy, and learning/developmental disorders, is widelypublished. She is the senior author of theNEPSY¯® andNEPSY¯®-II tests.