Study supported by a grant from the Research Fund of Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital

Professional psychologists considering becoming consultants to school systems need to address the problems of getting contracts, managing referrals, reporting results, and handling financial and legal matters. Contracts, in the author's experience, are won less by knowing administrators than by offering low prices and performing well on initial…

Intended for school psychologists, the paper discusses current approaches to instrumentation in the standardized psychological schools. A framework is presented for the classification of assessment instruments, and examples of some currently employed instruments are provided along with a comparative analysis. Problems identified with existing…

This study investigated the relationship among psychopathology, intelligence and the simulation of psychopathological roles. (Author)

Three dimensions (namely, predetermination of questions, interviewer response options, and breadth of content explored), which appear to determine assessment interview structure and format, are described and operationally defined, and then combined into a conceptual model indicating 27 different assessment interview formats. This paradigm affords…

The HTP technique is commonly used in the assessment of children and adults. Children who have lost a loved one through death frequently label a portion of the Tree as dead. This phenomenon appears unrelated to age, sex, socioeconomic status, or race. (Author)

A study designed to provide some preliminary information on the feasibility of a brief, community-based evaluation as an alternative to a more lengthy, institutionally based evaluation to determine a defendant's competency to proceed with trial is described. (Author)

Two procedures--a consensual procedure and an independent procedure--for measuring personality, and a demonstration designed to help students understand which is more accurate and why, are described. Independent ratings are found to be more valid than group consensus. (RM)

The article examines how teachers and school psychologists can work together more effectively in using school psychologists' testing skills and helping them to provide better psychological assessment services. (CB)

Examined individual assessment (making an assessment decision for a personnel-related purpose about one individual), within the Division of Industrial and Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Reports findings regarding types of assessment typically conducted, choice of methods, methods typically used, how findings…

Investigates parents' comprehension of psychological reports. As in an earlier study with teachers, it was found that parents better comprehended reports that organize information by functional domain, that describe strengths and problems in clear behavioural terms, that describe the child's learning style fully, and that state specific and…

A historical perspective of the role of school psychologists is outlined, including a discussion of recent developments that encourage a reconceptualization of school psychologists' traditional assessment activity. (Author/LMO)

The bibliography includes a selective listing of books, microfiche, and reference materials on educational and psychological testing, including tests for special populations. Suggested subject headings are noted, and five general information sources listed. Seventy-seven references on particular tests are arranged alphabetically by author. (CL)