Psychological assessment of children
Subtitle: best practices for school and clinical settings
By: edited by H. Booney Vance.
Contributors: Vance, H. Booney, 1941-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
Subjects: Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States.; Children with disabilities -- United States -- Psychological testing.; Clinical child psychology.; Psychological Tests -- in infancy &  childhood.; Child, Exceptional -- psychology.; Psychology, Educational -- methods.
Other titles: Best practices in assessment for school and clinical settings.
Description: Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, Psychological Assessment of Children, Second Edition offers step-by-step guidance on the most effective approaches to the psychological and educational assessment of children.

Written by leading authorities, this resource covers all the major assessment tools, including the WISC-III, the Woodcock-Johnson Revised, Bender Gestalt, Halstead-Reitan, and Luria-Nebraska; it provides invaluable information on conducting clinical interviews and performing informal assessment. This Second Edition includes new material on curriculum-based assessment and on the assessment of perceptual-motor skills, social skills, autistic disorders, and mental retardation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Rev. ed. of: Best practices in assessment for school and clinical settings / H. Booney Vance, editor, c1993.