Goldfinger, Karen

Psychological assessment and report writing / Karen Goldfinger and Andrew M. Pomerantz - Second edition - Los Angeles, California : Sage, c2014 - xiv, 241 pages ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Preparing to conduct a psychological assessment -- Chapter 1 : Introduction -- Chapter 2 : Context : The Framework for the report -- Chapter 3 : Cultural competence in psychological assessment -- Chapter 4 : Evidence-based psychological assessment -- Part II : Gathering information and drawing conclusions -- Chapter 5 : Gathering information -- Chapter 6 : Gathering information : measures of intellectual, academic, and neuropsychological functioning -- Chapter 7 : Gathering information : measures of behavioral and emotional functioning -- Chapter 8 : Gathering information : clinical interviewa, review of records, and measures of behavioral and emotional functioning -- Chapter 9 : Technological advances in assessment -- Chapter 10 : Drawing conclusions -- Part III : Communicating assessment report -- Chapter 11 : Form and content of assessment report -- Chapter 12 : Feedback after psychological testing -- Chapter 13 : Writing styles -- Part IV : Ethics and legal issues -- Chapter 14 : Ethics of assessment and report writing -- Chapter 15 : Legal issues in assessment and report writing

Outlining a step-by-step assessment model, psychological assessment and report writing, second edition covers five key topics central to psychological assessment : understanding the context of a referral ; determining the data; and communicating the findings.

9781452259109


PSYCHOLOGICAL -- METHODOLOGY

BF 38.5 .G65 2014