Early Childhood Assessment in School and Clinical Child Psychology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Garro, Adrienne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Occupational therapy.; Speech pathology.; Assessment.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Occupational Therapy.; Family.; Educational Psychology.; Speech Pathology.

This book presents an integrated and coordinated framework for assessing developmental, psychological, and behavioral disorders in early childhood. Expert contributors advocate for natural-environment methods in addition to standardized measures in assessing academic and social skills as well as age...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Early Childhood Assessment: An Integrative Framework; Adrienne Garro
• Chapter 2. Standardized Assessment of Cognitive Development: Instruments and Issues; Kirsten M. Ellingsen
• Chapter 3. Defining and Measuring Early Academic Development to Promote Student Outcomes; Robin L. Hojnoski and Kristen Missall. - Chapter 4. The Use of Response to Intervention in Early Childhood; Maura Wechsler Linas and Gabriela Guerrero
• Chapter 5. Early Childhood Authentic and Performance-based Assessment; Karen Riley, Gloria E. Miller, and Carly Sorenson
• Chapter 6. Assessment of Behavior Problems and the Use of Functional Behavioral Assessment During Early Childhood; Laura Lee McIntyre and Nandita Golya
• Chapter 7. Assessment and Collaboration in School and Child Care Settings; Andrea R. Burch and Nancy J. Evangelista
• Chapter 8. Assessment and Collaboration in Family, Home and Cultural Contexts; Amanda Clinton and Korah La Serna Guilar
• Chapter 9. Considering Individual Differences and Environmental Influences in the Assessment of Temperament, Self-regulation, and Social Skill Development in Young Children: A Framework for Practitioners; Marie C. McGrath, S. Kenneth Thurman, M. Meghan Raisch, and Erin M. Lucey
• Chapter 10. Assessment Related to Developmental Disabilities and Psychological Disorders During Early Childhood; Kirsten Ellingsen, Dianna Boone, and Lacy Chavis
• Chapter 11. Assessment of Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, OCD and Depression in Young Children; Adrienne Garro
• Chapter 12. Assessment of Sleeping, Feeding/Eating and Attachment Problems in Early Childhood; Adrienne Garro.