Alan S. Kaufman Libros

The definitive collection of anti-establishment American poetry, from Bob Dylan and Jack Kerouac to Sapphire and Tupac Shakur"Welcome to the Wild West of American Poetry, the Hole-In-The-Wall of Blakean vision, a two-fisted saloon of New World dreams where you'll meet the greatest Outlaw voices from the post-war era to the present day. Here are the inventors of the Beat generation and the heroes of today's Spoken Word movement, poets who don't get taught in American poetry 101, yet hold the literary future in their tattooed hands." So begins The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry , a primer for generational revolt and poetic expression, and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in literature. From the Beat poetry of the '50s to the spoken word of the 1990s, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry brings readers the words, visions, and extravagant lives of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, and slackers. This exuberant manifesto includes lives of the poets, on-the-scene testimony, seminal underground articles never before collected, photographs of clubs and cafes, interviews, and, above all, the poems.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand, assess, and treat individuals with dyslexia. This resource provides practical, step-by-step guidance on identifying and assessing dyslexia, along with evidence-based interventions. It covers essential components in dyslexia assessment, including cognitive and academic factors, and details various tests used in comprehensive evaluations. The book includes evidence-based interventions that professionals and parents can implement to support individuals struggling with dyslexia. Each concise chapter features callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and illustrative material, along with test questions to reinforce understanding. This straightforward guide prepares school psychologists, neuropsychologists, educational diagnosticians, special education teachers, and general education teachers to recognize, assess, and provide effective treatment programs for dyslexia. It also serves as a valuable resource for parents assisting children with dyslexia. Other titles in the series include resources on assessment report writing, school neuropsychological assessment, evidence-based academic interventions, response to intervention, processing assessment, behavior assessments, cross-battery assessment, and WISC-IV assessment.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills needed to confidently conduct Cross-Battery Assessment using the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) approach, a time-efficient method grounded in contemporary psychometric theory. This systematic approach integrates data across cognitive and achievement batteries, allowing mental health professionals to enhance traditional assessments and address referral concerns more comprehensively. It includes guidelines for identifying specific learning disabilities and assessing cognitive capabilities in culturally and linguistically diverse individuals. Designed for busy professionals, this volume in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series features concise chapters with callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, extensive illustrative material, and "Test Yourself" questions to reinforce understanding. The updated second edition includes the latest cognitive ability tests like KABC-II, SB5, WISC-IV, and more, alongside current comprehensive achievement tests such as WJ III ACH and KTEA-II. A new chapter demonstrates the XBA approach in assessing learning disabilities in line with the recent reauthorization of IDEA. Additionally, it includes a CD-ROM with programs for data entry and review, including the Cross-Battery Assessment Data Management and Interpretive Assistant (XBA DMIA) v1.0, Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Assistant v1.0, and the Culture-Language Interpretive Ma