Individualizing Psychological Assessment: A Collaborative and Therapeutic Approach

by Fischer; Constance T

• ISBN13: 9780805815863
• ISBN10: 0805815864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Assessments by psychologists, educators, and other human-service professionals too often end with the client being reported in terms of scores, bell-shaped curves, traits, psychodynamic forces, or diagnostic labels. Individualizing Psychological Assessment uses these classification devices in ways that facilitate returning from them to the individual's life, both during the assessment session and in written reports. The book presents an approach and procedures through which a person's actual life becomes the subject matter of assessment. Thoroughly revised from the previous edition, the book presents a wide range of concrete examples and illustrative cases that will serve both students and practicing professionals alike in individualizing assessments.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
The Context and Practices of Individualized Assessment	p. 3
A History of the Individualized Approach	p. 5
Overview of Individualized Practices and Report Writing	p. 29
Beginning the Individualized Assessment	p. 53
Assessing Process	p. 85
Report Writing and Sample Reports	p. 113
Writing Individualized Reports	p. 115
Counseling Reports: Adults	p. 152
Psychological Reports of Children and Youths	p. 200
Clinical and Diagnostics Reports of Adults	p. 242
Some Psychological Topics Reconsidered	p. 277
Further Aspects of Individualizing Assessment	p. 279
Ethical Dilemmas in Standardized Testing: toward Reflective Involvement	p. 312
Description as Re-Presentation: a Hermeneutic Reading of Andrew Wyeth's Art	p. 325
Theoretical Foundations: Questions and Responses	p. 344
Assessor's General Checklist	p. 369
Wisc-R Checklist	p. 375
References	p. 383
Name Index	p. 395
Subject Index	p. 399
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