Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WJ III COG The most widely used comprehensive assessment system—the Woodcock-Johnson—is separated into two distinct test batteries: Cognitive Abilities (COG) and Achievement (ACH). The WJ III COG includes tests of knowledge, reasoning, memory and retrieval, speed, auditory processing, and visual-spatial thinking. To use these tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten by the senior author of the Woodcock-Johnson, Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment, Second Edition is that source. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals, and those in training, 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. Thoroughly revised and updated with all-new case reports, a brand new clinical applications chapter, and reflective of the latest information available on the WJ III, including the Diagnostic Supplement and the 2007 Normative Update, the Second Edition is the best source for state-of-the-art guidelines to the Cognitive Abilities portion of the WJ III. Offering expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, this book complements Essentials of WJ III Tests of Achievement Assessment (Wiley).

Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment 2nd Edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Schrank, Fredrick A.

Miller, Daniel C.

Wendling, Barbara J.

Woodcock, Richard W.

Psychology & Counseling

wiley

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WJ III(TM) COG The most widely used comprehensive assessment system-the Woodcock-Johnson-has been newly separated into two distinct test batteries: Cognitive Abilities and Achievement. The WJ III(TM) COG includes tests of knowledge, reasoning, memory and retrieval, speed, auditory processing, and visual-spatial thinking. To use these tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten by the senior author of the Woodcock-Johnson, Essentials of WJ III(TM) Cognitive Abilities 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 WJ III(TM) Cognitive Abilities Assessment is the only book to provide state-of-the-art guidelines to the Cognitive Abilities portion of the WJ III(TM), with comprehensive instruction on test administration, scoring, and interpretation. The authors also offer expert assessment of the tests' relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on their clinical applications, and several illuminating case studies. This book complements Essentials of WJ III(TM) Tests of Achievement Assessment (Wiley), also cowritten by Dr. Woodcock. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of WJ III(TM) Tests of Achievement Assessment Essentials of TAT and Other Storytelling Techniques Assessment Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessment Essentials of Nepsy Assessment Essentials of WISC-III and WPPSI-R Assessment Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment Essentials of MMPI-A(TM) Assessment Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman Measures Essentials of CAS Assessment Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment For a complete list of books in our Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, visit us on the Web at: www.essentials.wiley.com

The Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment

Flanagan, Dawn P.

Mascolo, Jennifer T.

Mental Health

Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment 2nd Edition with WISC-IV Essentials 2nd Edition w/CDROM and WAIS-IV Essentials + CD Set (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Science & Math

Behavioral Sciences

The step-by-step guide to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WJ IV® Tests of Cognitive Abilities Essentials of WJ IV® Cognitive Abilities Assessment provides expert, practical advice on how to administer, score, and interpret the WJ IV COG®. Designed to be an easy-to-use reference, the text goes beyond the information found in the WJ IV® examiner's manual to offer full explanations of the tests and clusters on the WJ IV COG®. This essential guide also explains the meaning of all scores and interpretive features and includes valuable advice on clinical applications and illuminating case studies. 
This clearly written and easily accessible resource offers: 
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<li>Concise chapters with numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, numerous examples, and test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.</li> <li>An in-depth chapter on interpretation of the WJ IV COG® which highlights links to interventions for each test based on contemporary theory and research.</li> <li>Expert assessment of the tests' relative strengths and weaknesses.</li> <li>Illustrative case reports with clinical and school-based populations.</li> </ul>
If you're a school psychologist, clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, or any professional or graduate student looking to become familiar with the new WJ IV COG®, this is the definitive resource you'll turn to again and again.

Essentials of WJ IV Cognitive Abilities Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Decker, Scott L.

Garruto, John M.

John Wiley&Sons

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