Validity Testing in Child and Adolescent Assessment: Evaluating Exaggeration, Feigning, and Noncredible Effort

322 Pages·2015·4.28 MB·English

by  Michael W. Kirkwood

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THE GUILFORD PRESS
Validity testing
in Child and adolesCent assessment
eVidenCe-Based PRaCtiCe
in neURoPsyChology
Kyle Brauer Boone, Series Editor
Clinical Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology:
An Evidence-Based Approach
Kyle Brauer Boone
Psychological Assessment:
A Problem-Solving Approach
Julie A. Suhr
Validity Testing in Child and Adolescent Assessment:
Evaluating Exaggeration, Feigning, and Noncredible Effort
Michael W. Kirkwood
Neuropsychological Report Writing
Jacobus Donders
Validity testing in
Child and adolescent
assessment
Evaluating Exaggeration,
Feigning, and Noncredible Effort
edited by
MiChAEl W. KiRKWood
Series Editor’s Note by Kyle Brauer Boone
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To Jen—your love and support keep me going
To Finn and Jack—your zeal and joy for life
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about the editor
Michael W. Kirkwood, PhD, ABPP-CN, is Associate Clinical Professor in
the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University
of Colorado School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Psychology/
Neuropsychology Program in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
at Children’s Hospital Colorado and founder and Codirector of the hos-
pital’s Concussion Program. Dr. Kirkwood is board certified in Clinical
Neuropsychology and board certified as a subspecialist in Pediatric Neu-
ropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and he
has served on multiple boards of directors and expert committees. He has
conducted extensive research on traumatic brain injury and pediatric valid-
ity testing in children and teens, has lectured widely, and has published
more than 50 journal articles and 10 book chapters. He is coeditor of the
books Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents and Clini-
cal Neuropsychology Study Guide and Board Review and coauthor of the
book Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology.
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