Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment

by McCallum, Steve; Bracken, Bruce; Wasserman, John

• ISBN13: 9780471383185
• ISBN10: 047138318X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret nonverbal assessment tests Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment covers the nine most widely used nonverbal assessment tests--the Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (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 Nonverbal Ability Test, Multilevel Form (NNAT); and Raven's Progress Matrices. To use the tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret these tests. Written by Drs. McCallum and Bracken (creators of the UNIT) and Dr. Wasserman of the University of Tennessee, Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment is that source. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment includes vital information about each of the nonverbal tests, including practical interpretation scales. The authors provide step-by-step guidance on test administration, scoring, and interpretation, along with their expert assessment of the tests' relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on their clinical applications, and several illuminating case reports. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of WAIS-III Assessmen Essentials of Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II Assessment Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessment Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicatorreg; Assessment Essentials of Rorschach Assessment Essentials of Career Interest Assessment Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman Measures Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment

Author Biography

STEVE McCALLUM, PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.BRUCE BRACKEN, PhD, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.JOHN WASSERMAN, PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	ix
Overview: Assessing Diverse Populations with Nonverbal Tests of Intelligence	1	(14)
Unidimensional Nonverbal Tests	15	(50)
Multidimensional Nonverbal Intelligence Tests: Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation of the UNIT	65	(45)
Multidimensional Nonverbal Intelligence Tests: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Clinical Applications of the UNIT	110	(32)
Multidimensional Nonverbal Intelligence Tests: Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation of the Leiter-R	142	(64)
Multidimensional Nonverbal Intelligence Tests: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Clinical Applications of the Leiter-R	206	(23)
Appendix A UNIT Interpretive Worksheet	229	(3)
Appendix B Leiter-R Interpretive Worksheets	232	(4)
References	236	(6)
Annotated Bibliography	242	(3)
Index	245	(12)
About the Authors	257