The Clinician's Guide to the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)

"The authors of the BASC have produced an authoritative text to guide applications of this highly regarded, widely applied set of instruments. Insightful guidance is provided on the interpretation of BASC scales and subscales, including the new content scales introduced in the book. Behaviors are presented in such excellent, concrete, and descriptive ways that readers, including teachers, diagnosticians, and clinicians, will gain a better understanding of what is normal and what is abnormal, and will be made aware of their own possible prejudices in this regard. The book includes many useful case reports and is highly enjoyable to read, in part because of the interviews with test users that are scattered throughout. It will be useful as a text in undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a resource for professionals in school, clinical, and forensic settings."--Alan S. Kaufman, PhD, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine "Reynolds and Kamphaus have integrated 10 years of research into a comprehensive resource for understanding the BASC. Replete with scale summaries and interpretation tables, the book provides guidelines for using an individual's BASC data in clinical diagnostic formulations and treatment/program planning. Case examples help all BASC users, from beginners to those more advanced, apply the interpretation strategies. Offering a robust yet easy-to-use review of the vast array of research, this book is a 'must' for neuropsychologists; clinical, educational, and school psychologists; program consultants; and physicians. While geared to clinicians, it will also make an excellent textbook for graduate-level assessment courses."--Robert A. Leark, PhD, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Pacific Christian College at Hope International University "An outstanding source of information on an outstanding assessment tool. This book has been needed for some time and will be welcomed by all professionals, whether they already use the BASC or simply want to learn more about it. While not a substitute for the BASC manual, the guide goes beyond what is presented in the manual, and will serve as a useful reference for clinicians, researchers, and graduate students. The book's organization and format make it appropriate for use by both novice and experienced practitioners, while the overview, case studies, and interpretive chapters are particularly well suited to use in graduate courses on behavioral assessment."--Cynthia A. Riccio, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A & M University "This well written book clearly describes a multidimensional method of assessment of children and adolescents....this text is very readable and succeeds in meeting its original aims i.e. describing a structured behavioural assessment system for children and adolescents....I...recommend this book for those clinicians who use or intend to use the BASC in their clinical practice."-- Child and Adolescent Mental Health "The BASC package itself deserves attention of clinicians because it offers a number of advantages over assessment tools that existed prior to its development....One of the most significant practical attributes of the BASC is that--unlike some other widely used measures--it can be completed by the teachers in from 10-20 minutes....Particularly those social work clinicians who are not in practice with a psychologist but who are interested in using the BASC will appreciate the manual's in-depth guide to interpretation of scores on each of the scales, and the illustrative case studies providing highly readable and most instructive examples of a comprehensive assessment of actual (disguised), cases using the BASC as well as other measures. A chapter in Spanish provides useful guidance and sensitive attention to the diversity of populations with whom the package will be used, as well as suggestions for use of the scales with those who are not primarily English-speaking....this volume would be a desirable addition to most clinical social work agency or group practice libraries, and to many clinicians' personal libraries."-- Clinical Social Work Journal , .."a useful addition to graduate studies thatcover objective behavioral assessment, as well as for internship or postdoctoral students learning to utilize and interpret the BASC in more detail for their practice and research interests. Individuals who rely upon the BASC for an objective, multi-rater 'snapshot of behavior' for both practice and research will definitely want to add this book to their resource libraries. Further, individuals who are considering use of the BASC for clinical or research purposes will want to review the book as they are making decisions among objective assessment instruments."-- Child Neuropsychology "This well written book clearly describes a multidimensional method of assessment of children and adolescents....this text is very readable and succeeds in meeting its original aims i.e. describing a structured behavioural assessment system for children and adolescents....I...recommend this book for those clinicians who use or intend to use the BASC in their clinical practice."--"Child and Adolescent Mental Health" "The BASC package itself deserves attention of clinicians because it offers a number of advantages over assessment tools that existed prior to its development....One of the most significant practical attributes of the BASC is that--unlike some other widely used measures--it can be completed by the teachers in from 10-20 minutes....Particularly those social work clinicians who are not in practice with a psychologist but who are interested in using the BASC will appreciate the manual's in-depth guide to interpretation of scores on each of the scales, and the illustrative case studies providing highly readable and most instructive examples of a comprehensive assessment of actual (disguised), cases using the BASC as well as other measures. A chapter in Spanish provides useful guidance and sensitive attention to the diversity of populations with whom the package will be used, as well as suggestions for use of the scales with those who are not primarily English-speaking....this volume would be a desirable addition to most clinical social work agency or group practice libraries, and to many clinicians' personal libraries."--"Clinical Social Work Journal" .,."a useful addition to graduate studies that cover objective behavioral assessment, as well as for internship orpostdoctoral students learning to utilize and interpret the BASC in more detail for their practice and research interests. Individuals who rely upon the BASC for an objective, multi-rater 'snapshot of behavior' for both practice and research will definitely want to add this book to their resource libraries. Further, individuals who are considering use of the BASC for clinical or research purposes will want to review the book as they are making decisions among objective assessment instruments."--"Child Neuropsychology"