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This best-selling text explains the basic principles of psychological assessment and measurement and guides students and practitioners in the appropriate selection, interpretation, and communication of test results. Danica Hays introduces more than 150 assessment instruments used to evaluate mental health, intelligence, career development, wellness, personality, and interpersonal relationships. This latest edition covers new or expanded content on assessment use in schools, colleges/universities, and telehealth platforms; interprofessional collaboration to support assessment practices and procedures; qualitative assessment approaches and how they can be infused throughout counseling and assessment; cultural and social justice considerations and practices; and crisis and trauma assessment.
Numerous in-text features facilitate teaching and learning, including chapter pretests, trainee-centered reflective and field activities, practitioner perspectives, tip sheets on major concepts and practices, sample assessment items and tools, and case examples. A supplemental Instructor's Guide is available by request that consists of a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and a sample syllabus.
About the Author
Hays, Danica G.: - Danica G. Hays, PhD, is a professor and dean in the College of Education at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She earned a PhD in counselor education and supervision, with an emphasis in multicultural research, from Georgia State University. She has published more than 130 journal articles and book chapters in her areas of research expertise, which include assessment and diagnosis, research methodology and program evaluation, leadership development, domestic violence prevention, and multicultural and social justice issues in community mental health and counselor preparation.