Essentials of DAS-II Assessment
Essentials of Psychological Assessment
1. Edition November 2008
416 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The Differential Ability Scales-Second Edition (DAS-II(r)) comes out of a vision to provide the psychologist with insight into how a child processes information to devise appropriate interventions and/or recommendations for the classroom and at home. Essentials of DAS-II(r) Assessment is the best source for practical, step-by-step instruction on accurately and effectively administering and scoring the DAS-II(r) instrument. This new book in the popular Essentials series provides practical information to clinical, counseling, school, and educational psychologists about administering the test and interpreting its results.
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the DAS-II(r)
Essentials of DAS-II(r) Assessment provides practitioners with the practical, step-by-step advice needed to administer, score, and interpret the second edition of this major cognitive assessment used with children, ages two through seventeen.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.
Essentials of DAS-II(r) Assessment is the best source of information on the new edition of the DAS(r), providing you with illuminating case reports, expert assessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, and valuable advice on its clinical applications. The book includes a CD-ROM that contains scoring tables, Excel worksheets, PDF files, and Microsoft(r) Word documents that can be customized to allow you to add your own DAS-II(r) evaluation results.
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
* Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
* Essentials of WISC(r)-IV Assessment
* Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition
* Essentials of WJ III(r) Tests of Achievement Assessment
* Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment
* Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales(SB5) Assessment
* Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment
* Essentials of Processing Assessment
2. How to Administer the DAS-II.
3. Test Administration Features Unique to the DAS-II: Use of Item-Sets and Basal and Ceiling Rules.
4. How to Score the DAS-II.
5. How to Interpret the DAS-II.
6. Strengths and Weaknesses of the DAS-II.
7. Clinical Applications of the DAS-II.
8. Illustrative Case Reports.
John O. Willis, EdD, is Senior Lecturer in Assessment at Rivier College in New Hampshire.
Colin D. Elliott, PhD, is Adjunct Professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Elliott is the author of the DAS(r) and the DAS-II(r).
