Sunday, June 27, 2010

Book chapter published!


Back in 2007, Peter Weiss, a friend and fellow Rorschach enthusiast, invited JoAnne Brewster, Michael Stoloff, and me to present a paper on the use of the Rorschach in police psychology in a symposium at the Society for Personality Assessment conference. Though I thought I botched the presentation pretty badly, Peter invited us to write it up in an expanded version for an edited volume on personality assessment in police psychology.

To make a long story short (too late), the book Personality Assessment in Police Psychology: A 21st Century Perspective was just published. Though I've made a couple of attempts, our chapter Using the Rorschach Comprehensive System in Police Psychology is actually my first published work. Much more so than the symposium paper, I think the chapter turned out very nice!

Although I'm obviously biased, I actually think this is an outstanding volume and is a must-have for anyone who is either doing, or would like to be doing assessment for local police departments. Click here to check it out at Amazon, including a preview, the table of contents, etc.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28 (3), 2010

A belated post as I ease my way into the blogosphere. I received a table of contents alert for the new issue of the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. Click here for access to abstracts, etc.

Comparison of the Bender Gestalt-II and VMI-V in Samples of Typical Children and Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Martin A. Volker, Christopher Lopata, Rebecca K. Vujnovic, Audrey M. Smerbeck, Jennifer A. Toomey, Jonathan D. Rodgers, Audrey Schiavo, and Marcus L. Thomeer

Discrepancy Score Reliabilities in the WAIS-IV Standardization Sample
Laura A. Glass, Joseph J. Ryan, and Richard A. Charter

Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents: Factorial Validity Generalization with Hispanic/Latino Youths
Gary L. Canivez and Katie Sprouls

Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Raven Progressive Matrices and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test
Giulia Balboni, Jack A. Naglieri, and Roberto Cubelli

Effects of Parental Education Level on Fluid Intelligence of Philippine Public School Students
Alvin D. Vista and Tarek C. Grantham

The Reliability and Validity of a Chinese-Translated Version of the Gifted Rating Scale- Preschool/Kindergarten Form
Angela F. Y. Siu

Greek EPQ-J: Further Support for a Three-Factor Model of Personality in Children and Adolescents
Constantinos M. Kokkinos, Georgia Panayiotou, Kyriakos Charalambous, Nafsika Antoniadou, and Aggeliki Davazoglou

Test Review: Kamphaus, R. W., & Reynolds, C. R. (2006). Parenting Relationship Questionnaire. Minneapolis, MN: NCS Pearson
Danielle Rubinic and Heather Schwickrath

Book Review: Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger and Alan S. Kaufman, Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment. New York: John Wiley, 2009. 432 pp. $46.95. ISBN 978-0-471-73846-6
S. Kathleen Krach

Book Review: L. A. Suzuki and J. G. Ponterotto (Eds.) Handbook of Multicultural Assessment: Clinical, Psychological, and Educational Applications (3rd ed.) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008
Norma S. Guerra

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24 (4), 2010

I just received a table of contents alert for the new issue of
The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Click here to read abstracts for the articles listed below.


From the Academy

AACN's 8th Annual Conference & Workshops

Program

Abstracts for the AACN Scientific Poster Session

Clinical Issues
Evaluation of the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ)
in Cognitive Screening Across Four American Ethnic Groups

Normative Data for Composite Scores for Children and Adults
Derived from the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

Diagnostic Efficiency of an Ability-Focused Battery

Grand Rounds
Neurocognitive Profile in a Case of Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Forensic Applications
Updated meta-analysis of the MMPI-2 symptom validity scale (FBS):
Verified utility in forensic practice

Book Reviews
When Kids Grow Up: Understanding Learning Disorders In Adulthood

Clinician Alert: How to provide research-informed assessments
of adult learning disabilities and ADHD

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New items in the SPA mall

The Society for Personality Assessment has just added a few fun items to their mall that allow you to drop your flag anywhere and any time. Check out their new t-shirt and sticker. Not quite as witty as I remember past merchandise to be (e.g., "L > .99: Just the facts ma'am"), but essential gear for assessment nerds everywhere for sure.