Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment - (Essentials of Psychological Assessment) by Susan Engi Raiford & A Jordan Wright (Paperback)

About the Book

"In the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, we have attempted to provide the reader with books that will deliver key practical information in the most efficient and accessible style. The series features instruments in a variety of domains, such as cognition, personality, education, and neuropsychology. For the experienced clinician, books in the series offer a concise yet thorough way to master use of the continuously evolving supply of new and revised instruments as well as a convenient method for keeping up-to-date on the tried-and-true measures. The novice will find here a prioritized assembly of all the information and techniques that must be at one's fingertips to begin the complicated process of individual psychological diagnosis. Whenever feasible, visual shortcuts to highlight key points are used alongside systematic, step-by-step guidelines. Chapters are focused and succinct. Topics are targeted for an easy understanding of the essentials of administration, scoring, interpretation, and clinical application. Theory and research are continually woven into the fabric of each book, always to enhance clinical inference, never to sidetrack or overwhelm. We have long been advocates of "intelligent" testing-the notion that a profile of test scores is meaningless unless it is brought to life by the clinical observations and astute detective work of knowledgeable examiners. Test profiles must be used to make a difference in the child's or adult's life, or why bother to test? We want this series to help our readers become the best intelligent testers they can be."--

Book Synopsis

Vor etwa 10 Jahren erschien die Originalausgabe von Conducting Psychological Assessment. Seitdem wird dieses Referenzwerk, insbesondere in der Lehre, eingesetzt, um Psychologen in der Erstellung psychologischer Gutachten zu schulen, vor allem im Hinblick auf die Integration von Daten und das Abfassen von Berichten. Das in der Originalausgabe vorgestellte Hypothesentestmodell ist heute das Standardmodell für eine ethische und in jeder Hinsicht umfassende Begutachtung. Die 2. Auflage greift auf grundlegende Modelle der ersten Auflage zurück, ergänzt um Nuancen und Details, die in Workshops über die letzten zehn Jahre erarbeitet wurden. Der Autor hat anerkannte Modelle zum Abgleich widersprüchlicher Daten aus unterschiedlichen Quellen entwickelt, die in das Kapitel zur Datenintegration einfließen können. Auch nutzt der Autor verschiedene andere Modelle zur Persönlichkeitsfunktion als Vorlage für die Erarbeitung von Daten, darunter das interpersonelle Circumplex-Modell. Diese Ansätze kommen in diesem Buch durchgängig zur Anwendung.

From the Back Cover

• Practical guide to conducting ethical and valid remote psychological testing and assessment, including illustrative case studies
• Comprehensive review of current evidence--and its limitations--for tele-assessment
• Coverage of tele-assessment of cognitive, neuropsychological, academic, personality, emotional, and behavioral functioning and psychopathology

Explore this indispensable and practical guide to the use of tele-assessments in psychological testing

In Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment, the distinguished authors deliver a comprehensive and concrete guide to virtual psychological assessment and testing. Real-world guidance is distributed throughout the text to illustrate the entirety of the tele-assessment process, from beginning to end.

The book emphasizes the ethical and valid application of tele-assessment and includes:

• Practical checklists and information about how specific tests must be adapted to the realities of the tele-health environment
• Information about how the results of tests should be interpreted differently to account for the tele-health environment
• Case examples and studies to illustrate many of the challenges of working in tele-assessment
• Guidance on how to balance the limitations of the state of the empirical literature on the validity of tele-assessment with the real-world needs of patients

Perfect for new and experienced psychologists, counselors, and therapists, this book will also earn a place in the libraries of students studying in a variety of health services fields. It is the ideal guide for people preparing for the APA new guidelines on education and training in assessment.

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:

• Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
• Essentials of Processing Assessment
• Essentials of WIAT^(R)-III and KTEA-3 Assessment
• Essentials of WJ IV^(R) Tests of Achievement Assessment
• Essentials of WPPSI-IV Assessment
• Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition
• Essentials of Executive Functioning Assessment
• Essentials of WMS^(R)-IV Assessment
• Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification
• Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions

About the Author

A. JORDAN WRIGHT is Director of the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing at New York University and oversees the graduate psychological assessment curriculum. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and chaired the APA task force that developed guidelines for education and training in psychological assessment.

SUSAN ENGI RAIFORD is Senior Research Director and Wechsler Team Lead at Pearson Clinical Assessment. She was formerly a psychologist in private practice. She has written multiple assessment books and has many years of clinical work experience providing assessment, psychotherapy, and consultation to patients in inpatient, outpatient, school and residential settings.