Alan S. Kaufman & Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger 
Essentials of KABC-II Assessment 

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the KABC-II

Now designed for children aged three to eighteen, the KABC-II is among the top tier of children’s tests of cognitive ability. Alan and Nadeen Kaufman, authors of the KABC-II, joined forces with Elizabeth Lichtenberger and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen to produce Essentials of KABC-II Assessment.

The best source of information on the new edition of the K-ABC, Essentials of KABC-II Assessment provides students and practitioners with an unparalleled resource for learning and application, including expert assessment of the test’s relative strengths and weaknesses, valuable advice on its clinical applications, and illuminating case reports.

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 a major psychological assessment instrument. 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface xi

One Overview 1

Two How to Administer and Score the KABC-II 33

Three How to Interpret the KABC-II: Step by Step 79

Four How to Interpret the KABC-II: Qualitative Indicators 138

Five Strengths and Weaknesses of the KABC-II 168

Six Clinical Applications of the KABC-II 176

Seven Illustrative Case Reports 282

Appendix A KABC-II Interpretive Worksheet 345

Appendix B Standard Scores Corresponding to Sums of Subtest Scaled Scores for Planned Comparison Clusters: Delayed Recall, Verbal Ability, Meaningful Stimuli, and Abstract Stimuli 358

Appendix C Standard Scores Corresponding to Sums of Subtest Scaled Scores for Planned Comparison Clusters: Problem-Solving and Memory and Learning 360

Appendix D Standard Scores Corresponding to Sums of Subtest Scaled Scores for Planned Comparison Clusters: Verbal Response, Pointing Response, Little Motor, and Gross Motor 364

Appendix E SES Norms: Converting the KABC-II Global Score of Children Ages 3-6 Years to a Percentile Rank Based on Their Socioeconomic Status 367

Appendix F SES Norms: Converting the KABC-II Global Score of Children Ages 7-18 Years to a Percentile Rank Based on Their Socioeconomic Status 368

References 369

Annotated Bibliography 387

Index 389

About the Authors 39

Über den Autor

ALAN S. KAUFMAN, Ph D, and NADEEN L. KAUFMAN, Ed D, are on the
faculty at Yale University School of Medicine. They are series
editors of the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series and
authors of numerous books on psychological assessment as well as
psychological assessment instruments. Their tests include the new
KABC-II as well as the second editions of the Kaufman Test of
Educational Achievement (KTEA-II) and the Kaufman Brief
Intelligence Test (KBIT-2).

ELIZABETH O. LICHTENBERGER, Ph D, is a psychologist at the Salk
Institute in La Jolla, California, and the author of several
Essentials books.

ELAINE FLETCHER-JANZEN, Ed D, NCSP, is a school psychologist who
teaches at the University of Northern Colorado, consults for area
school districts, and works as a trainer for AGS, the publisher of
the KABC-II.