Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment: (84 Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Table of Contents:
Series Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv One Overview 1 Two How to Organize a Cross-Battery Assessment Using Cognitive, Achievement, and Neuropsychological Batteries 45 Three How to Interpret Test Data 121 Four Cross-Battery Assessment for SLD Identification: The Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses in the Context of an Operational Definition 227 Five Cross-Battery Assessment of Individuals From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds 287 Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cross-Battery Assessment Approach 351 Seven Cross-Battery Assessment Case Report 365 Appendix A CHC Narrow Ability Definitions and Task Examples 389 Appendix B CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classification Tables for Tests Published Between 2001 and 2012 399 Appendix C Descriptions of Cognitive, Achievement, and Neuropsychological Subtests by CHC Domain 417 Appendix D Critical Values for Statistical Significance and Base Rate for Composites on Comprehensive Cognitive and Achievement Batteries 425 Appendix E Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics of Subtests on Cognitive and Neuropsychological Batteries 431 Marlene Sotelo-Dynega and Tara Cuskley Appendix F Variation in Task Demands and Task Characteristics of Subtests on Achievement Batteries by IDEA Academic Area 439 Jennifer T. Mascolo Appendix G Neuropsychological Domain Classifications 445 Appendix H Understanding and Using the XBA PSW-A v1.0 Software Program Tab by Tab 457 Appendix I Cognitive and Neuropsychological Battery-Specific Culture-Language Matrices 485 Appendix J Cross-Battery Assessment Case Reports 503 Jim Hanson, John Garruto, and Karen Apgar Appendix K Eugene, Oregon, School District Integrated Model for Specific Learning Disability Identification 505 Appendix L Summary of the Expert Consensus Study for Determining CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classifications for Subtests New to This Edition 517 Appendix M Criteria Used in XBA DMIA v2.0 for Follow-Up on a Two-Subtest Composite 527 Author Index 533 Subject Index 537 About the Authors 553 About the CD 555 The CD-ROM contains the full versions of all Appendices; three software programs that analyze data (Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant, Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Analyzer, and Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix); and a form (Evaluation and Consideration of Exclusionary Factors for SLD Identification).

About the Author :
DAWN P. FLANAGAN, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at St. John's University in Queens, NY, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, School of Medicine. SAMUEL O. ORTIZ, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John's University in Queens, NY. VINCENT C. ALFONSO, PhD, is Professor of School Psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, New York, New York.