Assessment for Counselors

by Bradley T. Erford

This introductory text provides a broad overview of basic issues in psychological and educational assessment and includes coverage of the pertinent tests needed by professional counselors to conduct thorough and effective assessments. Chapter topics on basic concepts; ethical, legal, and diversity issues; reliability; validity, and test construction help familiarize students with the essentials of testing. Students learn how and when to use the correct assessment tools with diverse clients and settings through guidance on basic procedures such as test selection, and examples and applications relevant to a range of practices and clientele. In addition, the author and other contributors focus on the importance of counselor identity and the essentials of this complex field.

Genres: Psychology

592 pages, Hardcover

First published June 12, 2006

Reviews

[Wanda Boyer M.C., Ph.D., RCC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Erford (2013) is both scholarly in his discussion of Assessment practices in Counselling, and yet wisely thoughtful of the needs and capacities of clients at the receiving end of therapeutic assessment processes. His book eruditely explores varied personality, behavoural, intelligence, achievement, and family therapy assessment constructs, definitions, and tools that would need to be considered in therapeutic assessment processes and in the preparation of therapeutic assessment plans. I enjoyed reading and referencing this book and highly recommend it to future and present counsellors. Happy scholarly reading.

[Sabrina Robinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Author wears his feelings right out on his shirt sleeves even in textbooks. I have found this to be true in each of his texts. These are rather easy to read and so I thank Erford for saving us from the pedantic writings I am coming to expect from academia.