The most widely used comprehensive assessment system–the Woodcock-Johnson®–has been newly separated into two distinct test batteries: Cognitive Abilities and Achievement. The WJ III™ COG includes tests of knowledge, reasoning, memory and retrieval, speed, auditory processing, and visual-spatial thinking. To use these tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Cowritten by the senior author of the Woodcock-Johnson®, Essentials of WJ III™ Cognitive Abilities Assessment is that source.

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 major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Essentials of WJ III™ Cognitive Abilities Assessment is the only book to provide state-of-the-art guidelines to the Cognitive Abilities portion of the WJ III™, with comprehensive instruction on test administration, scoring, and interpretation. The authors also offer expert assessment of the tests’ relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on their clinical applications, and several illuminating case studies. This book complements Essentials of WJ III™ Tests of Achievement Assessment (Wiley), also cowritten by Dr. Woodcock.

Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:

Essentials of WJ III™ Tests of Achievement Assessment

Essentials of TAT and Other Storytelling

Techniques Assessment

Essentials of Individual Achievement Assessment

Essentials of Nepsy® Assessment

Essentials of WISC-III® and WPPSI-R® Assessment

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment

Essentials of MMPI-A™ Assessment

Essentials of Cognitive Assessment with KAIT and Other Kaufman Measures

Essentials of CAS Assessment

Essentials of Nonverbal Assessment

For a complete list of books in our Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, visit us on the Web at: www.essentials.wiley.com

This is the only book to provide state-of-the-art administrative and interpretive guidelines to the cognitive abilities portion of the most widely used psychoeducational battery, the Woodcock-Johnson III.

DAWN P. FLANAGAN, PhD, St. Johns University, Jamaica, New York.

RICHARD W. WOODCOCK, EdD, Measurement/Learning/Consultants, Ramona, California.

JENNIFER T. MASCOLO, MS, St. Johns University, Jamaica, New York.

* How to Administer the WJ III COG

* How to Score the WJ III COG

* How to Interpret the WJ III COG

* Strengths &Weaknesses of the WJ III COG

* Clinical Applications of the WJ III COG

* Illustrative Case Reports