Handbook of measurement and evaluation in rehabilitation /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin, Tex. :
Pro-Ed, Inc.,
[2008]
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Fundamentals of measurement
- Scores and norms / Brian F. Bolton, Randall M. Parker, and Jeffrey B. Brookings
- Measurement and testing
- Strategies and issues in score interpretation
- General guidelines for test usage
- Ethical principles of assessment
- Sources of additional information
- Conclusion
- Reliability / Robert M. Thorndike and Tracy Thorndike-Christ
- Generalizing from test scores
- Classical test theory
- Variation in test scores
- Factors affecting reliability interpretation
- Reliability of difference scores
- Reliability of computer adaptive tests
- Conclusion
- Validity / Nancy E. Betz and David J. Weiss
- Measurement in the context of science
- Types of evidence for validity
- Validity of measurement and practical validity
- Conclusion
- Reviews of instruments
- Intelligence testing / Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, James C. Kaufman, and Alan S. Kaufman
- Historical perspectives
- Current perspectives
- Conclusion
- Aptitude testing / Randall M. Parker
- Definitions of aptitude
- Brief history of aptitude testing
- Description and evaluation of selected aptitude tests
- Problems in aptitude assessment
- Conclusion
- Assessment of personality / Samuel E. Krug
- Why assess personality?
- Validity and utility of the self-report method
- The dimensionality and structure of normal-range personality
- Review of major resources
- The role of the computer in personality assessment
- Conclusion
- Assessment of psychopathology / Rodney L. Lowman and Linda M. Richardson
- Assessing psychopathology
- Issues in assessing psychopathology
- Specific measures of psychopathology
- Conclusion
- Vocational inventories / Nadya A. Fouad, Melissa K. Smothers, Neeta Kantamneni, and Amy Guillen
- Uses of vocational interest and attitude inventories
- Criteria for selecting vocational inventories
- Vocational instruments
- Instruments versus criteria
- Conclusion
- Applications in rehabilitation
- Assessment interviewing / Norman L. Berven
- Types of interviews used in assessment
- Psychometric characteristics of interviews as an assessment tool
- Interview strategies and techniques
- Computer-based assessment interviews
- Conclusion
- Assessment of independence / Nancy M. Crewe and Darlene A.G. Groomes
- ICIDH and ICF
- Purposes of assessing independence
- Measures of independence
- Conclusion
- Neuropsychological assessment / Ronald M. Ruff and James C. Schraa
- Questions that need to be answered
- Neurocognitive assessment
- Evaluation of effort, exaggeration, and malingering
- Benefits from the process of testing
- Recommendations
- Neuropsychological consultation in regard to learning disabilities
- Conclusion
- Assessing work behavior / Jeanne B. Patterson
- Functional, behavioral, and physical capacities assessments
- Transferable skill assessments/job matching
- Work samples
- Situational assessments, job tryouts, and on-the-job evaluations
- Conclusion
- The O*NET occupational information system / Mary Ann Hanson, Leonard N. Matheson, and Walter C. Borman
- Occupational information for the rehabilitation professional
- Purpose of the O*NET
- Development of the O*NET
- O*NET applications and implications for rehabilitation professionals
- Current status of the O*NET database
- Conclusion
- Measurement of consumer outcomes in rehabilitation / Richard T. Walls
- Input-intervention-output model
- Measuring outcomes
- Outcomes reported in research
- Conclusion
- Assessment of career development and maturity / Terry Blackwell, Steven J. Leirer, and Douglas C. Strohmer
- Career maturity and decision making
- Assessment issues
- Review of selected assessment instruments
- Conclusion
- Assessment of individuals with visual impairments / John T. Gallagher and William R. Wiener
- Use of tests with people who are visually impaired
- The challenge of developing tests for people who are blind or visually impaired
- Considerations in the assessment of individuals who are visually impaired
- Adapting tests for people who are visually impaired
- Tests for use with individuals who are visually impaired
- Conclusion
- Assessment of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing / Shawn P. Saladin and McCay Vernon
- Definitions of hearing loss
- General issues in assessment
- Assessments in rehabilitation settings
- Psychiatric assessment and brain injury screening
- Achievement testing
- Aptitude and interest testing
- Communication skills appraisal
- Case history data
- Assessments of persons who are deaf-blind
- Conclusion
- Assessment of adults with intellectual disabilities / Sandra E. Hansmann and Irla Lee Zimmerman
- The concept of intellectual disabilities
- Assessing intellectual disabilities
- Conclusion
- Assessment in psychiatric rehabilitation / Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson and Patricia B. Nemec
- The empirical foundation for a psychiatric rehabilitation assessment
- Components of psychiatric rehabilitation assessment
- Psychiatric rehabilitation assessment interview
- Psychiatric rehabilitation assessment instruments
- Conclusion
- Multicultural issues in assessment / Richard H. Dana
- Chapter revision essentials
- Cultural competence
- Assessment services in rehabilitation
- Bias
- Correction for bias
- Conclusion
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Subject index.