Writing to clients and referring professionals about psychological assessment results
Subtitle: a handbook of style and grammar
By: Janet B. Allyn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415891233; 9780415891240
Subjects: Behavioral assessment; PSYCHOLOGY / General; Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology; Methodology; English language; Writing; Report writing; PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Psychodiagnostics
Description: "This book represents a natural evolution from the author's work with editing assessment reports and is specifically structured to meet the writing and communicating needs of the psychologist assessor. A combination of reference book and tutorial, Writing to Clients elucidates the qualities that create a writer's unique presence on the page with illustrations of correct English grammar, and is appropriate for graduate psychology students and for practicing professionals. In addition to style and grammar, the author details how to write less formal reports in letter form and to write a therapeutic story as an extension of the report for child, teenager, or adult"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.