Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently conduct Cross-Battery Assessment

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Cross-Battery assessment approach (also referred to as the XBA approach) is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary psychometric theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive and achievement batteries, enabling mental health professionals to expand their traditional assessments to more comprehensively address referral concerns. This approach also includes guidelines for identification of specific learning disabilities and assessing cognitive capabilities of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this volume is designed to help busy mental health professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of psychological assessment instruments. 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 to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition is updated to include the latest edition of cognitive ability tests, including KABC-II, SB5, WISC®-IV, WPPSI-III, DAS-II®, WAIS®-III, and WJ III COG as well as the most current comprehensive achievement tests, such as WJ III ACH, KTEA-II, and WIAT®-II. A new chapter demonstrates the use of the XBA approach in assessing learning disabilities in a manner consistent with the recent reauthorization of IDEA. This book now includes a CD-ROM that contains three programs that allow you to enter data and review results: the Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant (XBA DMIA) v1.0; the Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Assistant v1.0; and the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix (C-LIM) v1.0.

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition includes complete coverage of the key cognitive test batteries and how to incorporate them into a comprehensive cross-battery assessment. The new edition also features a chapter on assessing learning disabilities using a cross-battery approach that captures the changes brought about by the reauthorization of IDEA. The book also features completely updated interpretive and summary worksheets for doing a cross-battery assessment.

Dawn P. Flanagan, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York.

Samuel O. Ortiz, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York.

Vincent C. Alfonso, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, New York, New York.

Series Preface.

One Overview.

Two How to Organize a Cross- Battery Assessment.

Three How to Interpret Test Data.

Four Use of the Cross- Battery Approach in Specific Learning Disability Evaluation.

Five Use of the Cross- Battery Approach in the Assessment of Diverse Individuals.

Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cross- Battery Approach.

Seven Cross- Battery Assessment Case Reports.

Appendix A The Cattell- Horn- Carroll (CHC) Theory of Cognitive Abilities.

Appendix B CHC Broad and Narrow Ability Classifi cation Tables for Tests Published Between 1996 and 2007.

Appendix C Descriptions of Cognitive Ability / Processing and Academic Achievement Subtests by CHC Domain.

Appendix D Test Specifi c Culture- Language Matrices.

Appendix E Percentile Rank and Standard Score Conversion Table.

Appendix F Critical Values Required for Statistical Significance Among Subtests within Composites for Seven Intelligence Batteries.

Index.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

About the CD-ROM.