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Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents

• By Kenneth W. Merrell

• Price: $79.95
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 560
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 10th August 2007
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5370-4

About the Book

This book provides a comprehensive foundation for conducting clinical assessments of child and adolescent social-emotional behavior in a practical, scientific, and culturally appropriate manner. It is aimed at graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of school psychology, child clinical psychology, and special education but will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as counseling psychology, child psychiatry, and social work.

Section I, Foundations and Methods of Assessment, covers basic professional and ethical issues, classification and diagnostic problems, and comprehensive introductions to six primary assessment methods: behavioral observation, behavior rating scales, clinical interviewing, sociometric techniques, self-report instruments, and projective-expressive techniques.

Section II, Assessment of Specific Problems, Competencies, and Populations, includes six chapters for assessing specific socio-emotional behavior domains: externalizing problems, internalizing problems, other problems, social skills and peer relations, young children, and diverse cultural groups.

Key features include:

• New Material - Provides expanded coverage of ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity within socio-emotional assessment; new material on conducting assessments within the context of ecological theory and public health models; increased information on assessing children with Asperger's disorder or high-function Autism, and discussions of several new assessment tools and systems.
• Evidence-Based Focus - Maintains a focus on empirically validated methods that research has shown to have adequate validity and reliability.
• Problem Solving Focus - Throughout the book, assessment is linked to decision-making within a problem-solving framework.
• Functional Focus - Maintains a focus on making assessments functional within specific contexts and environments.

Table of Contents

Part: I: Foundations and Methods of Assessment. Foundations of Assessment. Assessment and Classification. Direct Behavioral Observation. Behavior Rating Scales. Interviewing Techniques. Sociometric Techniques. Self-report Assessment. Projective-expressive Techniques. Part II: Assessment of Specific Problems, Competencies, and Populations. Assessing Externalizing Problems. Assessing Internalizing Problems. Assessing Other Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Problems. Assessing Social Skills and Peer Relations. Assessing Social and Emotional Behavior of Young Children. Assessment and Cultural Diversity.

About the Author(s)

Kenneth W. Merrell (Ph.D.) is professor of school psychology at the University of Oregon, where he also serves as co-director of the program and head of the special education area (which includes the school psychology, communication disorders, early intervention, and special education programs). In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a school psychologist and has extensive additional experience in providing psychological services and consultation in schools. Dr. Merrell’s research and scholarly work in social-emotional assessment and intervention in schools as been published widely in the field of school psychology and he has been recognized in three separate studies as one of the 20 most influential scholars in the field over the past two decades.

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