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01-10-2013 | Book Review

Richard L. Wanlass: The Neuropsychology Toolkit: Guidelines, Formats, and Language

Springer, New York NY, 2012, 160 pp

Auteurs: Benjamin D. Hill, Joshua S. Kline

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 7/2013

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The Neuropsychology Toolkit: Guidelines, Formats, and Language provides the beginning clinician with the necessary and fundamental components of writing a concise, coherent, and interpretable neuropsychological evaluation. The author, Richard Wanlass, has extensive experience with clinical training and supervision. Wanlass states that he wrote this book based on frequent recurring errors and misconceptions he noted while training interns and post-doctoral fellows. As such, the book can largely be considered an effective training text for early-career clinicians with limited familiarity with neuropsychological assessment, though experienced clinicians may also find the text informative. The book discusses several elements of effective neuropsychological evaluation and report writing, with specific emphasis on wording, collection of necessary information, the appropriate components of an evaluation, and appropriate format as well. Wanlass guides the reader through common evaluation mistakes and provides guidance on how to avoid these pitfalls. Throughout the book, Wanlass makes extensive use of clinical examples for a range of situations that might be encountered during the neuropsychological assessment process. The book does a good job of providing a rationale for each example so the reader can understand appropriate and inappropriate responses for each scenario. Wanlass also spends considerable time providing tips on the best language to use in report writing and discussing the reporting of conclusions, recommendations, and diagnoses. …
Metagegevens
Titel
Richard L. Wanlass: The Neuropsychology Toolkit: Guidelines, Formats, and Language
Springer, New York NY, 2012, 160 pp
Auteurs
Benjamin D. Hill
Joshua S. Kline
Publicatiedatum
01-10-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 7/2013
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-012-9691-0

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