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

bQuickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WJ III COG/bpThe 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, iEssentials of WJ III/i iCognitive Abilities Assessment, Second Edition/i is that source./ppLike all the volumes in the iEssentials of Psychological Assessment/i 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./ppThoroughly 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 i2007 Normative Update,/i the iSecond Edition/i 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 iEssentials of WJ III/i iTests of Achievement Assessment/i (Wiley)./p