Clinical assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior

As the knowledge base of child clinical and pediatric assessment continues togrow rapidly, so does the need for up-to-date information, explanations, and references – especially now, as commonly used tests are revised and reevaluated regularly, and evidence-based assessment has become the standard for practice. The Third Edition of Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior is an ideal update, designed to help graduate students and practitioners meet the challenges of assessing – and improving services to – theseyoung clients. This highly accessible research-to-practice text offers the depth of coverage necessary to understand the field. It is firmly rooted in current knowledge on psychopathology and normative development. Serves specifically as a text for training psychology graduate students in the elementary principles of assessment and diagnostic practice with children and adolescents Applies the same interpretive systems across many tests, unlike most assessment textbooks that focus on only one measure Provides students with an accessible guide with a consistent writing style not found in edited texts INDICE: Historical Trends.- Measurement Issues.- Classification and Developmental Psychopathology.- Standards and Fairness.- Planning the Evaluation andRapport Building.- Self-Report Inventories.- Parent and Teacher Rating Scales.- Behavioral Observations.- Peer-Referenced Assessment.- Projective Techniques.- Structured Diagnostic Interviews.- Assessing Family Context.- History Taking.- Adaptive Behavior Scales.- Integrating and Interpreting Assessment Information.- Report Writing.- Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Disruptive Behavior Disorders.- Assessment of Depression and Anxiety.- Assessmentof Autism Spectrum Disorders.- References.- Author/Subject Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-89642-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 415
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés