Books and Professional Resources

40,000 Selected Words Organized by Letter, Sound, and Syllable

40,000 Selected Words Organized by Letter, Sound, and Syllable: Reference with extensive index to help you quickly find the sounds you need, is a must for teaching consonant sounds.

A Beginner’s Guide to the MMPI®-A

The book, A Beginner's Guide to the MMPI–A, walks the reader through the steps of test administration, scoring, interpretation, and how to integrate the MMPI–A™ into a psychological evaluation.

ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies, Second Edition

This popular reference and text provides essential guidance for school-based professionals meeting the challenges of ADHD at any grade level. Comprehensive and practical, the book includes several reproducible assessment tools and handouts.

Assessment of Children, Cognitive Foundations, Fifth Edition

Assessment of Children, Cognitive Foundations, Fifth Edition is both a teaching text and a reference source for students and professionals.

Assessment of Children: Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Foundations, Fifth Edition

The fifth edition of Assessment of Children: Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Foundations is designed to be used as an independent text in such courses as personality assessment, behavioral assessment, and child clinical assessment. It can also be used together with Assessment of Children: Cognitive Applications, Fourth Edition and Assessment of Children: WISC–IV and WPPSI–III Supplement to provide in-depth coverage of assessment of children.

Assessment of Children: WISC®-IV and WPPSI-III Supplement

This Assessment of Children: WISC-IV and WPPSI-III Supplement provides in-depth coverage of these two outstanding intelligence tests.

Assessment with the WAIS-IV

The book provides an in-depth analysis of a major instrument useful for the cognitive assessment of older adolescents and adults.

Autism: An Integrated View from Neurocognitive, Clinical, and Intervention Research

Research on autism has flourished in recent years. As a result, specialism has developed and lines of research have become specialized and isolated. This collection of research on autism spectrum disorders investigates and cross-references a wide range of neurocognitive, clinical, and interventionist perspectives on autistic spectrum disorders research – from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging studies to naturalistic intervention.

Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches: Practical Strategies for the Inclusion of Special Needs in Primary School

The current trend towards social inclusion has resulted in an increasing awareness by school staff of the necessity to support students who have a variety of additional needs. Occupational therapists are part of a team who identify how physical, psychological or learning difficulties affect a student’s ability to operate in the classroom. They identify how psychological or learning difficulties affect functional skills and help improve these skills or develop compensatory approaches. This highly practical book will help staff recognize when a student’s poor performance within the classroom is a result of a medical condition or underlying motor and perceptual deficits.

Clinical Interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III

Clinical Interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III: A Volume in the Academic Press Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional Series

Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 1, Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment

In one volume, the leading researchers in intelligence and neuropsychological assessment interpret the range of issues related to intellectual and neuropsychological tests, including test development and psychometrics, clinical applications, ethical and legal concerns, use with diverse populations, computerization, and the latest research. Clinicians and researchers who use these instruments will find this volume invaluable, as it contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on this important aspect of practice.

Coping with Chronic Pain: A Guide to Patient Self-Management

Researchers from diverse disciplines have identified chronic pain as a critical national problem. Despite its preponderance, however, definitive diagnosis of benign chronic pain is usually elusive and direct medical intervention is often ineffective. Stressing self-management, Drs. Hanson and Gerber offer an alternative approach to biomedical management or simply "learning to live with it' by presenting a comprehensive description of an integrated treatment approach for chronic pain sufferers. The biopsychosocial perspective on the assessment and treatment of chronic pain that is described in this volume is based on the day-to-day operation of an effective outpatient pain clinic that evaluates clients, about 1/3 of whom are treated in an intensive 21-day patient program.

Designing Preschool Interventions: A Practitioner's Guide

This practical text delineates the basic steps of developing effective interventions for learning and behavior difficulties in children aged two to five. The authors set forth an ecological framework that stresses identifying problem situations rather than classifying individual children as disabled or at risk. The core components of naturalistic intervention design are covered in depth, including teacher and parent interviewing, classroom observation and functional assessment, team-based problem solving, strong accountability methods, and legal and ethical safeguards.

Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR

Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR: Includes all the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV in an easy-to-use format.

Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal, Third Edition

This new edition introduces substantive new ideas about personality disorders and is enriched with extensive new research as well as the incorporation of over 50 new illustrative and therapeutically detailed cases that provide step-by-step “real-world” illustration of the concepts covered.

DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition

Revised and redefined, DSM–IV offers greater clarity, specificity, and clinical utility, this edition features the influence of culture and ethnicity on assessment and diagnosis, the role of substance use and general medical conditions in the development of psychiatric disorders, and how development across the life span influences the presentation and assessment of psychiatric disorders. 912 pages.

Embracing Autism: Connecting and Communicating with Children in the Autism Spectrum

Through sensitive, sometimes humorous, experienced-based writing from teachers, clinicians, and parent activists in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community, this book will help educators and others to better understand the world inhabited by ASD children. The stories contained in the book will inspire and inform readers who are working day-to-day with children in the autism spectrum, providing valuable insights into what makes these kids tick and useful information on how they communicate, learn, and succeed.

Essentials of DAS-II™ Assessment

Essentials of DAS-II Assessment provides illuminating case reports, expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, and valuable advice on its clinical applications.

Essentials of NEPSY-II Assessment

Essentials of NEPSY-II Assessment provides advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret the test to use it properly.

Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment, Second Edition

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to conduct effective neuropsychological testing.

Essentials of Psychological Testing

An excellent primer on the key concepts of psychometrics

Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment

With neuropsychological assessment more widely used in school settings than ever before, school psychologists require greater knowledge of both the discipline and its application within the school environment. Written by a leading expert in school neuropsychology, Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment is a practical resource providing learning specialists and school psychologists with clear coverage and vital information on this evolving area of practice within school psychology.

Essentials of WAIS-IV® Assessment

Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment, by Alan Kaufman, provides beginning and seasoned clinicians with guidelines to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WAIS.

Essentials of WMS-IV Assessment

Essentials of WMS-IV Assessment, authored by the test's developers, covers every new update to the world's most widely used memory test.

Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management

Specifically designed to address the needs of all specialists involved in the care of chronic pain patients, this source clarifies the ethical and legal issues associated with the diagnosis, assessment, and care of patients suffering from long-term pain. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this source covers a variety of topics to help the chronic pain clinician gain perspective on the interaction between ethics, the law, and the provision of medical services.

Handbook of Giftedness in Children: Psychoeducational Theory, Research, and Best Practices

This book brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied empirical research on such crucial topics as conceptualization, types of intelligence, developmental considerations, and ethical and legal concerns. Particular attention is given to social and family contexts, and evidence-based strategies and interventions

Handbook of School Neuropsychology

The Handbook of School Neuropsychology is a comprehensive reference on the theory and practice of evidence-based school neuropsychology.

Handbook of School Psychology, Fourth Edition

The Handbook of School Psychology, Fourth Edition, brings together the field's latest developments in research and practice.

If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else: Finding a Career and Getting a Life

This updated edition of a widely successful book offers sound, practical guidance for attaining the best possible future for yourself. Written by David P. Campbell, co-creator of the popular Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, this easy-to-read book urges you to do things you like, things that interest you, and things you can do well, emphasizing how the daily choices you make will bring you closer to your ideal future. Campbell offers a simple method for setting goals, followed by advice for prioritizing, pursuing, and ultimately realizing those goals as a means to securing the future you've hoped and planned for.

Integrating RTI With Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach to Reading

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a phrase which has captivated a national movement, redefined educational policy, and most importantly, has called for public schools to make a renewed commitment toward using scientifically- based instructional techniques as the foundation for sound educational practice. Cognitive neuropsychology has also emerged as a leading discipline in forging the inevitable alliance between science and education. This book represents the natural symbiosis between RTI and the brain-behavioral tenents of cognitive neuropsychology to assist all educators in better diagnosing and remediating reading disorders in children.

Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality, Third Edition

A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners.

Interpreting the MMPI-2-RF^®

Yossef Ben-Porath, PhD, has created a comprehensive reference for users of the new test. This book sets the standard for interpretation of, and instruction on, the MMPI-2-RF assessment.

LINKing Authentic Assessment for Early Childhood Intervention: Best Measures for Best Practices, Second Edition

This must-have guide provides ratings of the qualities of assessment materials based on "consumer reports" and ratings from a survey of more than 1,000 professionals, detailed reviews from a panel of assessment experts, and ratings drawn from the authors' own extensive expertise.

Major Theories of Personality Disorder, Second Edition

Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this indispensable work brings together in one volume the most important current perspectives on personality pathology. Chapters from leading experts have been extensively rewritten to reflect a decade's worth of significant theoretical, empirical, and clinical developments, and two entirely new chapters have been added.

Measurement and Assessment in Education, Second Edition

Measurement and Assessment in Education, Second Edition: A pragmatic approach to the study of educational tests and measurement so that teachers understand essential psychometric concepts and apply them in the classroom.

MMPI®-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology, 5th Edition

Assessing Personality and Psychopathology describes effective uses of the MMPI instruments and offers guidance in interpreting test results. Current and comprehensive, it presents detailed instructions for administering and scoring the test and updated information concerning research that informs test uses.

Motor Skills Acquisition in the First Year: An Illustrated Guide to Normal Development

Motor Skills Acquisition in the First Year: An Illustrated Guide to Normal Development by Lois Bly helps achieve a greater understanding of normal motor skills development.

Neuro-Developmental Treatment Approach

Neuropsychological Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in the Era of RTI

Neuropsychological Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in the Era of RTI looks at the role of neuroscience and neuropsychology as it relates to Response to Intervention (RTI) in learning disability diagnosis, treatment, and policy reform.

Occupational Therapy Evidence in Practice for Physical Rehabilitation

Occupational Therapy Evidence in Practice for Physical Rehabilitation provides students and practitioners with an essential textbook that both demonstrates and explains the application of evidence-based practice. The contributors present case studies taken from their own experience which help to translate the rhetoric of evidence-based practice into real-life clinical settings. The client cases that have been selected demonstrate the realities and complexities of occupational therapy, representing the veracity of typical occupational therapy referrals.

Pain Management Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide

Chronic and persistent pain syndromes are as much behavioral and psychological problems as physical or medical problems. Mental health professionals involved in pain management must have a thorough knowledge of the latest pain management techniques in order to select the best methods and strategies for helping each patient cope with pain. Pain Management Psychotherapy is the most up-to-date comprehensive guide available for the psychological treatment of chronic pain. It addresses the behavioral, emotional, sensory-physiological, cognitive, and interpersonal aspects of pain problems and provides accessible technical knowledge that enables practitioners to alleviate unnecessary pain and suffering.

Personality-Guided Relational Psychotherapy: A Unified Approach

In Personality-Guided Relational Therapy, author Jeffrey J. Magnavita demonstrates how personality theory guides his approach to psychotherapy. His empirically founded new model provides a flexible and evolving theory and approach to therapy that draws from more than a century of developments in the field of psychology.

Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning

This reflective guide contains everything you need to understand what Powerful Interactions are, how to make them happen, and why they are so important in increasing children’s learning and your effectiveness as a teacher. Whether you work in a child care center or home, Early Head Start or Head Start program, preschool or early primary classroom, you make a difference in the lives of children and families—and Powerful Interactions can make that difference even bigger.

Preschool Assessment: Principles and Practices

Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines. The authors are leading clinician-researchers who take the reader step by step through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences.

Principles of Assessment and Outcome Measurement for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists: Theory, Skills and Application

This textbook on assessment and outcome measurement is written for both occupational therapy and physiotherapy students and qualified therapists. It begins by defining what is meant by assessment, outcome, evaluation and measurement and discussing the complexity of therapy assessment and measurement, including the challenge of measuring human behaviour and the impact of factors such as task demand and context, including the environment.

Psychological Approaches to Pain Management: A Practitioner's Handbook, Second Edition

Since the original publication of this landmark volume, tremendous advances have been made in understanding and managing psychological factors in pain. This revised and greatly expanded second edition now brings the field fully up to date. Designed for maximum clinical utility, the text shows how to tailor psychological treatment programs to patients suffering from a wide range of pain problems. Conceptual and diagnostic issues are discussed, widely used clinical models reviewed, and a framework presented for integrating psychological treatment with medical and surgical interventions.

Q Local™ Scoring and Reporting Software

"Q Local™ Scoring and Reporting Software provides convenience of desktop administration and scoring for more than 30 tests."

Quick Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM–IV–TR

Includes all the diagnostic criteria from DSM–IV in a small, paperback format. Softcover, 358 pages.

Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior, Second Edition

Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior, Second Edition, is an interdisciplinary reference source for promoting quality assurance in testing.

Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer: Participant's Workbook

This is the companion book to Antoni's Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer. Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer and Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer: Participant's Workbook provide a complete clinical framework for health professionals who wish to offer group psychosocial support to breast cancer patients.

Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer: Therapist's Manual

Included with Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer is a free copy of Stress Management Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer: Training Manual. Together, these two books provide a complete clinical framework for health professionals who wish to offer group psychosocial support to breast cancer patients.

The Neuropsychology of Mathematics: Diagnosis and Intervention

The Neuropsychology of Mathematics: Diagnosis and Intervention book explores how young children learn and acquire basic mathematical skills in the elementary years from a brain-based educational perspective.

The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnoses and Intervention

The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnoses and Intervention book discusses various subtypes of dyslexia from a brain/behavioral perspective as opposed to the traditional discrepancy model.

The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention

The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention book discusses both language-based and nonlanguage-based written language disorders from a brain-based education model of learning.