Assessing Impairment From Theory to Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naglieri, Jack (Editor), Goldstein, Sam (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Education.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Education, general.

Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders are...

Table of Contents:

• Defining the Evolving Concept of Impairment
• Measurement of Symptom Severity and Impairment
• The Role of Family and Situational Problems in Understanding and Reducing Impairment
• Relationships Between Adaptive Behavior and Impairment
• Psychometric Issues in the Assessment of Impairment
• The Medical Model of Impairment
• The DSM Model of Impairment
• Measuring Impairment in a Legal Context: Practical Considerations in the Evaluation of Psychiatric and Learning Disabilities
• Impairment in Children
• Impairment in the Geriatric Population
• Assessing Occupational Disability Following Trauma and Impairment
• Conclusion.