The Oxford handbook of child psychological assessment

Monograph

PART 1: Foundation of psychological assessment -- The role of theory in psychological assessment -- Testing: the measurement and assessment link -- Measurement and statistical issues in child assessment research -- Psychometric versus actuarial interpretation of intelligence and related aptitude batteries -- The status of projective assessment in psychological science and in practice -- Large-scale group score assessments: past, present, and future -- Testing, assessment, and cultural variation: challenges in evaluating knowledge claims -- Methods for translating and adapting tests to increase cross-language validity -- Diagnosis, classification, and screening systems -- The ICF-CY: a universal taxonomy for psychological assessment -- Responsible use of psychological tests: ethical and professional practice concerns.
PART 2: Models of assessment -- Cognitive assessment: progress in psychometric theories of intelligence, the structure of cognitive ability tests, and interpretive approaches to cognitive test performance -- Principles of assessment of aptitude and achievement -- Principles of neuropsychological assessment in children and adolescents -- Models for the personality assessment of children and adolescents -- Principles of behavioral assessment -- Therapeutic assessment with adolescents and their parents: a comprehensive model.
PART 3: The practice of psychological assessment -- History-taking, clinical interviewing, and the mental status examination in child assessment -- Psychological testing by models of cognitive ability -- Methods of neuropsychological assessment -- Memory assessment -- Formal methods in assessing child and adolescent personality and affect -- Methods of assessing academic achievement -- Methods of assessing learning and study strategies -- Models and methods of assessing creativity -- Methods of assessing behavior I: observations and rating scales -- Models and methods of assessing adaptive behavior.
PART 4: Special and emergent topics in child and adolescent assessment -- The authentic alternative for assessment in early childhood intervention -- Assessing mild intellectual disability: issues and best practices -- Toward a synthesis of cognitive-psychological, medical/neurobiological, and educational models for the diagnosis and management of dyslexia -- Testing accommodations for children with disabilities -- Special issues in forensic assessment of children and adolescents -- Assessing noncognitive constructs in education: a review of traditional and innovative approaches -- Assessment of subjective well-being in children and adolescents -- Assessment of parenting style, parenting relationships, and other parent variables in child assessment -- Linking children and adolescent assessment to effective instruction: an evidence-based perspective from the experimental literature.

Psychological assessment has always paralleled the growth of psychology and its specialties, and it is not an overstatement to say that measurement and assessment are the cornerstones of psychology, providing the tools and techniques for gathering information to inform our understanding of human behavior. However, the continued growth and new developments in the assessment literature requires an ongoing examination of the principles and practices of central importance to psychological assessment.

The Oxford Handbook of Child Psychological Assessment covers all areas of child and adolescent assessment. Leaders in the field summarize and synthesize state-of-the-science assessment theories, techniques, and applications. Placing an emphasis on clinical and psychoeducational assessment issues, chapters explore issues related to the foundations, models, special topics, and practice of psychological assessment. Appropriate as a desk reference or a cover-to-cover read, this comprehensive volume surveys fundamental principles of child assessment, including ability, achievement, behavior, and personality; covers the role of theory and measurement in psychological assessment; and presents new methods and data.