Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment

Discover a comprehensive and practical guide to the use of tele-assessments in psychological testing from two leading voices in psychology.

Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment delivers a primer on the current state of professional knowledge related to psychological tele-assessment, ranging from the ethical and empirical considerations to the practical applications of tele-assessment procedures. The overarching framework encourages the balancing of the limitations of the current state of the research literature with the very real needs for assessment services to continue, even when in-person procedures are not feasible.

This book includes discussion on a broad range of tests and measures, with information related to both the state of the empirical support for tele-tests and measures, with information related to both the state of the empirical support for tele-assessment utilizing them and the practical 'how-to' for administering, scoring and interpreting data that emerge from them. Additionally, frameworks for integrating the data that emerge from tele-assessment procedures are discussed.

The book is applicable to those transitioning to tele-assessment practice and those training in a wide variety of training programs. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:

• Practical checklists and information about specific tests must be adapted to the realities of the tele-health environment.
• Information about how the results of tests should be interpreted differently to account for the tele-health environment.
• Case examples and studies to illustrate many of the challenges of working in tele-assessment
• Guidance on how to balance the limitations of the state of the empirical literature on the validity of tele-assessment with the real-world needs of clients.

Perfect for psychologists and trainees in a variety of health services, including clinical, counseling, school and forensic psychology, Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone utilizing or training in cognitive, developmental, neuropsychological, psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and interpersonal models of psychological assessment.

Vor etwa 10 Jahren erschien die Originalausgabe von Conducting Psychological Assessment. Seitdem wird dieses Referenzwerk, insbesondere in der Lehre, eingesetzt, um Psychologen in der Erstellung psychologischer Gutachten zu schulen, vor allem im Hinblick auf die Integration von Daten und das Abfassen von Berichten. Das in der Originalausgabe vorgestellte Hypothesentestmodell ist heute das Standardmodell für eine ethische und in jeder Hinsicht umfassende Begutachtung. Die 2. Auflage greift auf grundlegende Modelle der ersten Auflage zurück, ergänzt um Nuancen und Details, die in Workshops über die letzten zehn Jahre erarbeitet wurden. Der Autor hat anerkannte Modelle zum Abgleich widersprüchlicher Daten aus unterschiedlichen Quellen entwickelt, die in das Kapitel zur Datenintegration einfließen können. Auch nutzt der Autor verschiedene andere Modelle zur Persönlichkeitsfunktion als Vorlage für die Erarbeitung von Daten, darunter das interpersonelle Circumplex-Modell. Diese Ansätze kommen in diesem Buch durchgängig zur Anwendung.

Series Perface ix

One The Landscape of Psychological Tele-Assessment 1

Two Ethical Considerations in Psychological Tele-Assessment 21

Three Practical Considerations in Psychological Tele-Assessment 39

Four Norms, Equivalence, and Equating 61

Five Principles for Psychological Tele-Assessment Interpretation of Data 83

Six Cognitive and Neuropsychological Tele-Assessment with Katy Genseke 97

Seven Academic Achievement Tele-Assessment with Katy Genseke 195

Eight Personality, Emotional, and Behavioral Tele-Assessment 243

Nine Case Studies in Psychological Tele-Assessment 257

References 273

Case Study Contributors 295

Index 297

A. JORDAN WRIGHT is Director of the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing at New York University and oversees the graduate psychological assessment curriculum. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and chaired the APA task force that developed guidelines for education and training in psychological assessment.

SUSAN ENGI RAIFORD is Senior Research Director and Wechsler Team Lead at Pearson Clinical Assessment. She was formerly a psychologist in private practice. She has written multiple assessment books and has many years of clinical work experience providing assessment, psychotherapy, and consultation to patients in inpatient, outpatient, school and residential settings.

• Practical guide to conducting ethical and valid remote psychological testing and assessment, including illustrative case studies
• Comprehensive review of current evidence - and its limitations - for tele-assessment
• Coverage of tele-assessment of cognitive, neuropsychological, academic, personality, emotional, and behavioral functioning and psychopathology

Explore this indispensable and practical guide to the use of tele-assessments in psychological testing

In Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment, the distinguished authors deliver a comprehensive and concrete guide to virtual psychological assessment and testing. Real-world guidance is distributed throughout the text to illustrate the entirety of the tele-assessment process, from beginning to end.

The book emphasizes the ethical and valid application of tele-assessment and includes:

• Practical checklists and information about how specific tests must be adapted to the realities of the tele-health environment
• Information about how the results of tests should be interpreted differently to account for the tele-health environment
• Case examples and studies to illustrate many of the challenges of working in tele-assessment
• Guidance on how to balance the limitations of the state of the empirical literature on the validity of tele-assessment with the real-world needs of patients

Perfect for new and experienced psychologists, counselors, and therapists, this book will also earn a place in the libraries of students studying in a variety of health services fields. It is the ideal guide for people preparing for the APA new guidelines on education and training in assessment.

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• Essentials of Processing Assessment
• Essentials of WIAT^®-III and KTEA-3 Assessment
• Essentials of WJ IV^® Tests of Achievement Assessment
• Essentials of WPPSI-IV Assessment
• Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition
• Essentials of Executive Functioning Assessment
• Essentials of WMS^®-IV Assessment
• Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification
• Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions