Assessment in Rehabilitation and Health is the first and only text tailored specifically for students seeking a structured foundation of knowledge of tests and related assessment practices commonly used by health professionals in their various fields.
Focused closely on standardized and clinical methods of health assessment, each chapter is structured using the common framework provided by the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Disability, Functioning and Health (ICF). This framework, which is considered the gold standard by numerous health institutions around the world in regards to concepts and practices in rehabilitation and health, allows students to gain knowledge and learn practices that are consistent with this widely accepted and highly regarded ICF model.
Special Features Include · Chapter Overviews, which sum up the major themes and important points of each section, helping students to garner the central lessons of each chapter and organize their thoughts before they begin each reading assignment.
· Learning Objectives, which highlight key concepts, important terms, and central themes in each chapter allowing students to better understand, analyze, and retain the information they have just covered.
· Discussion Features, which highlight current issues, dilemmas, and controversies surrounding rehabilitation counseling and occupational therapy, giving students insight into what they are learning and how it pertains to present-day practices and problems.
· Research Features that focus on historically significant findings and current studies stress the importance of specific health assessment features and exemplify how research leads to particular techniques and practices.
· Case Studies and Vignettes, which show how certain assessments function in real-life situations and illustrate how the information in the chapter can be applied in practical ways.
· Key References at the end of each chapter, which give students the opportunity to research the section’s central concepts in a more in-depth fashion independently and outside of the classroom – both in the library and on the web.
Elias Mpofu, Ph.D. is a certified rehabilitation counselor and professor of rehabilitation services at the Pennsylvania State University.He is recipient of three national research awards in rehabilitation: the Mary Switzer Distinguished Research Award, the National Council on Rehabilitation Education Researcher of the Year Award, and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association Research Award. He has12 years of research and test development experience in various educational and rehabilitation settings.
A professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Florida, Thomas Oakland, PhD., is President of the International Foundation for Children’s Education, president elect of the International Association of Applied Psychologists’ Division of Psychological Assessment and Evaluation, and has formally served as president for the International School Psychology Association and the International Test Commission. He has authored and edited numerous book and articles concerning psychological assessment as well as authored a number of psychological tests. He is board certified in neuropsychology and runs an active forensic practice. In 2003, Dr. Oakland received the APA’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Advancement of Psychology Internationally.
