This volume - now in its second edition - has been completely updated to
provide the most comprehensive and accessible handbook of practices and
tools for the clinical assessment of child and adolescent intelligence.
Designed specifically as a teaching tool, it provides students with an
accessible guide to interpretation and applies the same interpretive
systems across many tests. It emphasizes the proper interpretation of
intelligence tests within the context of a child's life circumstances
and includes several devices to enhance the logical processes of
assessment, beginning with test selection and concluding with the
reporting of results.
In addition, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Intelligence:
- Stresses the importance of the interpretive process over the value of
specific tests
- Fosters a deeper understanding of the intelligence construct
- Emphasizes learning by example, using valuable case studies and
vignettes designed to provide students with concrete models to emulate
This edition covers all facets of intelligence testing, including
detailed explanations of test interpretation, theory, research, and the
full-range of testing options for preschoolers through adult clients.
New chapters have been introduced on neuropsychological approaches,
adolescent and adult intelligence, including coverage of WAIS-III and
KAIT, and achievement and intelligence screeners have been added. And
although designed primarily as a text for beginning graduate students,
the book is also useful as a "refresher" for clinicians who are looking
for updated assessment information.
