From the Back Cover
- Use of the CAS2 (English and Spanish), the CAS2 Brief, and the CAS2: Rating Scale
- Practical advice on disability determination using CAS2
- Case presentations on the use of CAS2 with diverse students
- Emphasis on practical ways to link results to intervention
- Nondiscriminatory Assessment with the CAS2
The definitive guide to the latest edition of the Cognitive Assessment System
Essentials of CAS2 Assessment is the complete, step-by-step guide to successfully administering, scoring, and interpreting the CAS2 - English, CAS2 - Spanish, CAS2: Brief, and the CAS2: Rating Scale. To help busy professionals make optimal use of the test, this book features callouts highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, examples of test questions, and an emphasis on interventions related to PASS neurocognitive processing scores.
Written by leading experts on neurocognitive assessment, this edition of Essentials of CAS2 Assessment discusses the latest research and thinking on PASS theory and includes case studies demonstrating CAS2's uses with various diagnostic groups and its integration with other instruments. The four versions of the CAS2 offer valuable insights into learning successes and weaknesses, including:
- Communicating results of PASS scores to teachers, parents and students
- Using a Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses in PASS scores for SLD eligibility determination
- Comparison of PASS scores with several different achievement tests
- How to select interventions based on PASS and achievement test results
- Fair assessment of diverse populations
Essentials of CAS2 helps professionals ensure that the CAS2 is administered and analyzed accurately so that the results can be applied for the greatest benefit of the child.
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
- Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
- Essentials of Processing Assessment
- Essentials of KTEA-3 and WIAT-III Assessment
- Essentials of WJ IV Tests of Achievement Assessment
- Essentials of WPPSI-IV Assessment
- Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition
- Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment
- Essentials of WMS-IV Assessment
- Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification
- Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions
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JACK A. NAGLIERI, PHD, is Research Professor at the University of Virginia, Senior Research Scientist at the Devereux Center for Resilient Children, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. With J.P. Das, he is well known for the PASS theory of intelligence and its application using the Cognitive Assessment System.
TULIO M. OTERO, PHD, is Associate Professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where he teaches in both the school psychology and clinical psychology programs. He is a practicing school psychologist and consultant with a specialization in clinical neuropsychology, is past president of the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society, and co-author of the Spanish edition of the Cognitive Assessment System, 2nd Edition.
