This handbook describes evidence-based methods of assessing
psychological, educational, behavioral, and developmental problems in
children and adolescents. It provides state-of-the-art analyses of
leading assessment tools and methods. Chapters provide an overview of
childhood assessment issues, diagnostic classification systems,
interviewing and report writing, traditional assessment tools and
methods, such as Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). In addition,
chapters address daily living, academic, and social skills, commonly
encountered psychological conditions, and developmental disorders,
reviewing definitions and etiology, history of assessment and diagnosis,
possible comorbid conditions, and current measures and procedures. The
handbook also covers specific childhood disorders that often present
assessment challenges in children, such as posttraumatic stress
disorder, mood disorders, pain, and feeding and eating disorders.
Topics featured in this handbook include:
- Adaptive and developmental behavior scales.
- Diagnostic classification systems and how to apply them to childhood
problems and disorders.
- Intelligence testing and its use in childhood psychological
assessment.
- Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in
persons with developmental disabilities.
- Self-Injurious behavior in children.
- Prevalence and assessment of common sleep problems in children.
The Handbook of Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental
Disabilities Assessment is an essential resource for researchers,
graduate students, clinicians, and related therapists and professionals
in clinical child and school psychology, pediatrics, social work,
developmental psychology, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, child and
adolescent psychiatry, and special education.
