Essentials of Das-II Assessment [With CDROM] Paperback - 2008

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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the DAS-II^(R)

Essentials of DAS-II^(R) Assessment provides practitioners with the practical, step-by-step advice needed to administer, score, and interpret the second edition of this major cognitive assessment used with children, ages two through seventeen.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Essentials of DAS-II^(R) Assessment is the best source of information on the new edition of the DAS^(R), providing you with illuminating case reports, expert assessment of the test's relative strengths and weaknesses, and valuable advice on its clinical applications. The book includes a CD-ROM that contains scoring tables, Excel worksheets, PDF files, and Microsoft^(R) Word documents that can be customized to allow you to add your own DAS-II^(R) evaluation results.