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  title info:
    title: Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior
  name:
    name part: Frick, Paul J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Barry, Christopher T.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Kamphaus, Randy W.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 500 p. online resource.
  abstract: As the knowledge base of child clinical and pediatric assessment continues to grow 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 – these young 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. The authors review the various types of measures used to assess children’s emotion, behavior, and personality, and they provide clear recommendations for their use. In addition, they emphasize skills, from rapport building to report writing, that are crucial to clinical expertise regardless of theoretical background. Finally, the authors provide clear guidelines for conducting evidence-based assessments of some of the most common forms of psychopathology experienced by children and adolescents. This new edition: Focuses on key psychological constructs in child and adolescent development that are important for guiding the assessment process. Provides current research findings to encourage evidence-based practice. Compares tests and assessment methods so that readers can make the most appropriate choices. Provides clear guidelines for using various assessment methods in clinical assessments. Provides guidelines in such important areas as legal and ethical issues, cultural considerations, and communication of assessment results. Features case examples, text boxes, and other aids to comprehension. Includes special chapters to guide evidence-based assessment of ADHD, conduct problems, depression, anxiety, and autism spectrum d…
  table of contents: Basic Issues -- Historical Trends -- Measurement Issues -- Classification and Developmental Psychopathology -- Standards and Fairness -- Planning the Evaluation and Rapport Building -- Assessment Methods -- 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 -- Advanced Topics -- Integrating and Interpreting Assessment Information -- Report Writing -- Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Disruptive Behavior Disorders -- Assessment of Depression and Anxiety -- Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  note: by Paul J. Frick, Christopher T. Barry, Randy W. Kamphaus.
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Psychotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Counseling
  subject:
    topic: Child psychology
  subject:
    topic: School psychology
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Child and School Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Psychotherapy and Counseling
  subject:
    topic: Education, general
  classification: BF721-723
  classification: 155.4
  classification: 155.424
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9781441906410
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