Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment 2nd Edition

by Fredrick A. Schrank, Daniel C. Miller, Barbara J. Wendling

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WJ III COGThe most widely used comprehensive assessment system--the Woodcock-Johnson--is separated into two distinct test batteries: Cognitive Abilities (COG) and Achievement (ACH). The WJ III COG includes tests of knowledge, reasoning, memory and retrieval, speed, auditory processing, and visual-spatial thinking. To use these tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten by the senior author of the Woodcock-Johnson, "Essentials of WJ III" "Cognitive Abilities Assessment, Second Edition" is that source.

Like all the volumes in the "Essentials of Psychological Assessment" series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals, and those in training, quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Thoroughly revised and updated with all-new case reports, a brand new clinical applications chapter, and reflective of the latest information available on the WJ III, including the Diagnostic Supplement and the "2007 Normative Update, " the "Second Edition" is the best source for state-of-the-art guidelines to the Cognitive Abilities portion of the WJ III. Offering expert assessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, this book complements "Essentials of WJ III" "Tests of Achievement Assessment" (Wiley).

348 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2001

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this text alongside the Technical Manual of the assessment proved very beneficial. Schrank outlines the main components of the assessment tool critiquing the appropriateness and outlining missing data. The text read easily and provided examples throughout. I feel I gained a solid understanding of the assessment's technical quality (appropriateness rather than calculations), its strengths, and weaknesses. The case studies in the end were helpful in bringing it all together - getting a complete picture. I highly recommend reading this prior to using the assessment tool.