The Neuropsychology Toolkit

Part I: NeuRules: Guidelines for Improving Assessment and Reporting.- Chapter 1: Pre-Test.- Chapter 2: Interacting with Others.- Chapter 3: Managing Environmental Considerations.- Chapter 4. Obtaining and Reporting Background Information.- Chapter 5: Selecting Tests and Categorizing Performance.- Chapter 6: Testing, Interpreting, and Reporting Results.- Chapter 7: Reporting Conclusions, Diagnoses, and Recommendations.- Chapter 8: Writing Effectively.- Chapter 9: Controlling Quality.- Chapter 10: Post-Test.- Part II: Formats: Questionnaires and Reports.- Chapter 11 : Neuropsychological Questionnaire--Self-Report Version.- Chapter 12 : Neuropsychological Questionnaire--Family Report Version.- Chapter 13: Short Report Format.- Chapter 14: Long Report Format.- Part III: Language.- Chapter 15: Validity.- Chapter 16: Test Results.- Chapter 17: Conclusions.- Chapter 18: Recommendations.- Appendix: Scoring Key.- Index.

Richard Wanlass, Ph.D., is Chief Psychologist and Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, where he oversees and provides neuropsychological, psychological, and social services to patients with TBI, chronic pain, stroke, spinal cord injury, and other neurological and physical disabilities. In addition, he trains pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral neuropsychology fellows. Prior to joing UC-Davis, he directed neuropsychological and psychological services in a free-standing brain injury rehabilitation facility. Other previous activities include private practice, consultation, and service as an Expert Reviewer for the California Board of Psychology. Dr. Wanlass is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and a member of the American Psychological Association.

"... The author provides the reader with essential scaffolding on what to include in a report and helpful suggestions on how the entire evaluation process might be accomplished... Each section is chock full of information and ideas that can easily facilitate discussions with trainees... A wonderful resource akin to a clinician's thesaurus for writing... A well thought out, useful, and balanced book..." From Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

From the reviews:

"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. ... Throughout the book, Wanlass makes extensive use of clinical examples for a range of situations that might be encountered during the neuropsychological assessment process. ... this book can be recommended to the beginning clinician or doctoral student who is pursuing a career in clinical neuropsychology or to clinicians who are unfamiliar with neuropsychological assessment." (Benjamin D. Hill and Joshua S. Kline, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 22, 2013)

"The author provides the reader with essential scaffolding on what to include in a report and helpful suggestions on how the entire evaluation process might be accomplished. Although it is primarily geared toward trainees that are earlier on in their professional development in the practice of clinical neuropsychology, the book can also be utilized by more seasoned users in a review of sound practice fundamentals. ... this is a useful little book that will easily find a place on students' or supervisors' shelf." (John E. Beauvais, Sara E. Anderson and Katherine D. Kane, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, November, 2012)