Publications

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CAI offers an extensive library of publications, software, and other resources to assist in your comprehensive assessment needs. The evolving research connects assessment findings into direct interventions through a non-discriminatory approach for all ages. 

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Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education - Volume 1, Issue 2
This psychological and educational journal that focuses on publishing original contributions from a broad range of psychological and educational perspectives relevant to infants, young children (up to 8 years old), families, and caregivers. This issue focuses on the various issues related to Autism Spectrum...
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Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education - Volume 3, Issue 2
This psychological and educational journal that focuses on publishing original contributions from a broad range of psychological and educational perspectives relevant to infants, young children (up to 8 years old), families, and caregivers. This issue focuses on early childhood education and research...
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Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education - Volume 2, Issue 2
This psychological and educational journal that focuses on publishing original contributions from a broad range of psychological and educational perspectives relevant to infants, young children (up to 8 years old), families, and caregivers. This issue touches on gender nonconformity and identity, paternal...
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Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education - Volume 3, Issue 1
This psychological and educational journal that focuses on publishing original contributions from a broad range of psychological and educational perspectives relevant to infants, young children (up to 8 years old), families, and caregivers.  This special issue focuses on prevention of behavioral...
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Healthy Development in Young Children
Every year brings new research studies that aim to describe early childhood development. Despite this boom in research, there has been little useful translation of these studies into clear recommendations for educators and mental health practitioners.  This volume offer guidelines on child...
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Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children
Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children, Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children.  Long recognized as the standard text and reference...
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Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners
A Resource for Designing and Implementing Intervention Programs for At-Risk Learners This set includes Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners, along with access to the Intervention Library (FIRST). This authoritative resource provides step-by-step...
Intervention Library: Empowering Education with Diverse Resources
Intervention Library
The Intervention Library: is an essential tool for finding interventions that meet the individual educational and learning needs of students and clients. The Intervention Library is designed  provide each students with interventions that are tailored to their unique learning needs. This...
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WJ IV Clinical Use and Interpretation
WJ IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives provides clinical use and interpretive information for clinical practitioners using the Woodcock-Johnson, Fourth Edition (WJ IV). The book discusses how the cognitive, achievement, and oral language batteries are organized, a...
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Essentials of WISC-V Assessment
Essentials of WISC-V Assessment provides step-by-step guidance for administering, scoring, and interpreting the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). Packed with practical tips for more accurate assessment, this informative guide includes numerous case studies that illustrate a range...
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Essentials of Bailey -4 Assessment
In Essentials of Bayley 4 Assessment, a distinguished team of authors delivers state-of-the-art guidelines for the application of the new Bayley 4 test of infant and toddler development. The resource offers a comprehensive guide to administering, scoring, interpreting, and applying the test. 
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Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools and techniques for assessing English language learners and culturally diverse students in K-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today’s schools. Provided are...
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Ortiz PVAT
The Ortiz PVAT is the first receptive vocabulary assessment that can be used to fairly and accurately assess both English speakers and English learners. With unique dual norms, the Ortiz PVAT makes it possible to evaluate an individual from any language background, determine whether an individual’s English...
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X-BASS Software
The Cross-Battery Assessment Software System (X-BASS) 2.0 allows assessment professionals access to efficient, expert analysis of cross-battery assessment findings.  It integrates the Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant, Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses...
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Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment
The Cross-Battery assessment approach—also referred to as the XBA approach—is a time-efficient assessment method grounded solidly in contemporary theory and research. The XBA approach systematically integrates data across cognitive, achievement, and neuropsychological batteries, enabling practitioners...
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Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification
Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification provides accessible, authoritative guidance on specific learning disability (SLD), with the most up-to-date information on assessment, identification, interventions, and more. Contributions by leading experts examine multiple theoretical...
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Contemporary Intellectual Assessment
This leading practitioner reference and text–now in a revised and expanded fourth edition–provides the knowledge needed to use state-of-the-art cognitive tests with individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults. The volume examines major theories and tests of intelligence (in chapters written...
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Essentials of Assessing Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)
Many assessment professionals leave their graduate education programs without any formal training in assessing infants and young children. Although there are assessment textbooks covering subsets of this age range, Essentials of Assessing Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-Schoolers is uniquely designed for...

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