Practical Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychological Testing

Nancy E. Moss, Ph.D., trained at the University of California and Yale University, Dr. Moss has more than 30 years of experience in children’s psychological testing. She has always emphasized the importance of communicating assessment findings clearly across disciplines so that medical professionals, parents, and all other caregivers can make confident, appropriate use of the findings on behalf of the children and adolescents tested. A Clinical Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, Dr. Moss combines teaching of Clinical Psychology Fellows with a longstanding private practice.Lauren Moss-Racusin, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree at Boston University then worked as a Research Assistant at the Yale University Consultation Center. She then completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut, her Clinical Internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago Counseling Center, and her Post-Graduate Counseling Fellowship at TempleUniversity Tuttleman Counseling Services. She is now on staff at Yale Health Mental Health and Counseling as an Embedded Mental Health Provider to the Residential Colleges. Dr. Moss-Racusin has focused on psychological assessment throughout her clinical training and values its integration within therapeutic practice.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Psychological Testing.- Chapter 2. Referral Process.- Chapter 3. Process of Psychological Assessment.- Chapter 4. Report Interpretation.- Chapter 5. Assessment Domain: Intelligence.- Chapter 6. Assessment Domain: Speech and Language.- Chapter 7. Assessment Domain: Visual-Motor Coordination.- Chapter 8. Assessment Domain: Memory.- Chapter 9. Assessment Domain: Attention, Concentration, and Executive Functioning.- Chapter 10. Assessment Domain: Academic Achievement.- Chapter 11. Assessment Domain: Behavior.- Chapter 12. Assessment Domain: Adaptive Functioning.- Chapter 13. Assessment Domain: Social-Emotional and Psychological.- Chapter 14. Assessment Domain: Developmental Status.- Chapter 15. Future Directions in Research and Practice.