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FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN
Seventh Edition

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SECTION I. FOUNDATIONS

 

Chapter 1.  Introduction to the Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment of Children  1

Terminology  3

Goals of a Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment  4

Guidelines for Conducting Assessments  5
Variables to Consider in a Multimethod Assessment 6
Steps in a Multimethod Assessment 14
Theoretical Perspectives for Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessments 20
Approaches to Classification 36
Risk and Protective Factors 43
Ethical and Legal Considerations 49
Children with Special Needs 54
Guidelines for Intervention and Prevention 55
Concluding Comments 57

Thinking Through the Issues  58

Summary  58

Key Terms  64

Study Questions  64

 

Chapter 2.  Conducting the Assessment  67 
Evaluator Characteristics 68
Preparing for the First Meeting 74
Establishing Rapport 75
Observing Children 79
Administering Tests to Children with Special Needs 90
Strategies for Becoming an Effective Evaluator 93
Evaluator Stress 94
Controversy Regarding the Use of Standardized Tests 96
Accounting for Poor Test Performance 98
Computer-Based Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation 98
Concluding Comment on Challenges in Assessing Children 101

Thinking Through the Issues  102

Summary  103

Key Terms  108

Study Questions  108

 

Chapter 3.  Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children  109

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups: Problems, Values,
           and Acculturation 110
Demographic, Educational, and Health Trends for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups 118
Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups 124
Dynamics of Cross-Ethnic and Cross-Cultural Assessment 126
Assessment of Bilingual Children 128
Translations of Assessment Instruments 129
Interpreters 129
Recommendations 132
Concluding Comment 138

Thinking Through the Issues  139

Summary  140

Key Terms  144

Study Questions  144

 

SECTION II. INTERVIEW METHODS

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Chapter 4.  General Interviewing Techniques  145

Clinical Assessment Interviews versus Ordinary Conversations and Other Types of Interviews  146

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Clinical Assessment Interview  147

Purposes of Clinical Assessment Interviews  148

Degrees of Structure in Initial Clinical Assessment Interviews  149

Fundamental Interviewing Guidelines  152

External Factors and Atmosphere  154

Forming Impressions  154

Listening and Attending Skills  154

Analytical Listening  155

Establishing Rapport  157

Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing  159

Timing Questions Appropriately  160

Changing Topics  161

Formulating Appropriate Questions  161

Avoiding Certain Types of Questions  162

Probing Effectively  166
Using Structuring Statements 174
Dealing with Difficult Situations 174
Striving for Objectivity 181
Recording Information and Scheduling Appointments 182
Thinking Through the Issues 184
Summary 185
Key Terms 188
Study Questions 188

 

Chapter 5.  Interviewing Children, Parents, Teachers, and Families  191

Interviewing Children  192

Interviewing Parents  201 

Interviewing Teachers  206 

Interviewing the Family  207 

Thinking Through the Issues  217 

Summary  217 

Key Terms, Concepts, and Names  219 

Study Questions  219 

 

Chapter 6.  Other Considerations Related to the Interview  221

Closing the Initial Interview  221

The Post-Assessment Interview  224

The Follow-Up Interview  231

Reliability and Validity of Interviews  233

Malingering  236

Evaluating Your Interview Techniques  238

Thinking Through the Issues  239

Summary  240

Key Terms  242

Study Questions  242

 

SECTION III. BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS

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Chapter 7.  Observational Methods, Part 1  243

General Considerations in Conducting Observations 244
Narrative Recording 255
Interval Recording 264
Event Recording 271
Ratings Recording 276
Comment on Recording Methods 279
Thinking Through the Issues 282
Summary 282
Key Terms 285
Study Questions 286

 

Chapter 8.  Observational Methods, Part 2  287

Observational Coding Systems  288

Reliability of Observational Coding Systems  294
Validity of Observational Coding Systems 306
Procedures for Reducing Errors in Observations 307
Observation of Infants 310
Self-Monitoring Assessment 310
Reporting Behavioral Observations 317
Comment on the Observation of Behavior 319
Case Study 319
Thinking Through the Issues 319
Summary 319
Key Terms 324
Study Questions 324

 

SECTION IV. BEHAVIORAL, PERSONALITY, AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

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Chapter 9. Broad Measures of Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Functioning and of Parenting and Family Variables  327

Background Considerations for the Assessment of Behavior  329

Adolescent Psychopathology Scale and Adolescent Psychopathology

          Scale–Short Form 330

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory–II 332

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent Restructured Form 333

Personality Inventory for Youth 335

Other Measures of Personality 336

Behavior Rating and Checklist Measures 338

Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition 339

Behavior Dimensions Scale, Second Edition: School Version, and Behavior
           Dimensions Scale, Second Edition: Home Version 343

Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6–18, Teacher’s Report Form,
          Youth Self-Report, Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½–5, and
           Caregiver–Teacher Report Form 344

Conners 3rd Edition 346

Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales 348

Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders 349

Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory and Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior

          Inventory– Revised 350

Jesness Inventory–Revised 351

Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition 352

Revised Behavior Problem Checklist 354

Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory 354

Social Skills Improvement System 355

Student Behavior Survey 356

Projective Techniques 357

Draw-A-Person Test 358

Children’s Apperception Test 359

Roberts–2 359

Exner’s Comprehensive System for the Rorschach Inkblot Test 361

Measures of Parenting and Family Variables 362

Parent-Child Relationship Inventory 362

Parenting Relationship Questionnaire 362

Parenting Satisfaction Scale 363

Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition, and Parenting Stress Index,
          Fourth Edition–Short Form 364

Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents 365

Thinking Through the Issues 366

Summary 366

Key Terms 370

Study Questions 370

 

Chapter 10. Executive Functions  373

Primary Executive Functions 374

Three Models of Executive Functions 374

Developmental Aspects of Executive Functions 376

Executive Functions and Intelligence 380

Executive Functions and School Functioning 380

Deficits in Executive Functions Associated with

          Psychological Disorders 381

Assessment of Executive Functions 382

Improving Deficits in Executive Functions 385

Comment on Executive Functions 386

Thinking Through the Issues 386

Summary 387

Key Terms  388

Study Questions 389

 

Chapter 11. Adaptive Behavior  391

Definition of Adaptive Behavior 392
Assessment Considerations 393

Interventions 396

Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition 396

Adaptive Behavior Diagnostic Scale 399

Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale, Third Edition 400

Battelle Developmental Inventory, Third Edition 401

Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale 403

Scales of Independent Behavior–Revised 404

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition 405

Thinking Through the Issues 407

Summary 407

Key Terms 409

Study Questions 409

 

Chapter 12. Functional Behavioral Assessment  411

When Is a Functional Behavioral Assessment Needed?  412

Conditions Surrounding the Problem Behavior  413

Functions of Problem Behavior  415

Guidelines for Conducting a Functional Behavioral Assessment  416

Assessing Behavior Through Interviews  417

Assessing Behavior Through Observations  418

Functional Analysis  419

Formulating Hypotheses to Account for the Problem Behavior  419

Behavioral Intervention Plans  421

Comment of FBA  427

Thinking Through the Issues  427

Summary  427

Key Terms  432

Study Question  432

 

SECTION V. CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

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Chapter 13.  Disruptive Disorders, Anxiety and Mood Disorders, and Substance-Related Disorders  433

Oppositional Defiant Disorder  434

Conduct Disorder  437

Aggression Questionnaire  440

Beck Disruptive Behavior Inventory for Youth and Beck Anger Inventory

          for Youth  441

Other Measures of Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders  441

Anxiety Disorders  441

Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth  445

Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, Second Edition  446

Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition  446

Depressive Disorders  447

Beck Depression Inventory for Youth  450

Children’s Depression Inventory, Second Edition  450

Reynolds Child Depression Scale, Second Edition, and Reynolds Adolescent

          Depression Scale, Second Edition  451

Suicide Risk  452

Substance-Related Disorders  460

Thinking Through the Issues  464

Summary  464

Key Terms  469

Study Questions  469

 

Chapter 14.  Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  471

DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD  472

Conditions Comorbid with ADHD  473

Developmental Progression  474

Other Types of Deficits in ADHD  475

Parents of Children with ADHD  476

Etiology of ADHD  477

Assessment of ADHD  478

Interventions for ADHD  483

Concluding Comment  493

Thinking Through the Issues  493

Summary  494

Key Terms  497

Study Questions  497

 

Chapter 15.  Autism Spectrum Disorder   499

Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder  501

Familial Concerns About Autism Spectrum Disorder  501

DSM-5 Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder  505

Associated Features of Autism Spectrum Disorder  505

Disorders Comorbid with Autism Spectrum Disorder  508

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning in Children with

           Autism Spectrum Disorder  510

Executive Functions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder  511

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Bullying  511

Assessment of Children for Autism Spectrum Disorder  512

Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder  515

Prognosis for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder  519

Comment on Autism Spectrum Disorder  519

Thinking Through the Issues 526

Summary  527

Key Terms  530

Study Questions  530

  

SECTION VI. TRAUMA AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

 

Chapter 16. Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care  531

Ethical Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Survivors of

          Traumatic Events  532

Types of Traumatic Events  532

A Developmental Perspective on Trauma  536

Disturbances Shown by Survivors of a Traumatic Experience  536

Retraumatization  537

Assessment of Trauma Survivors  537

Coping with Trauma  538

Violence  543

Ethnicity and Trauma  546

Trauma-Related Disorders in DSM-5 and ICD-11  547

Traumatic Brain Injury  550

Trauma-Informed Care  558

Thinking Through the Issues  562

Summary  562

Key Terms  566

Study Questions  566

 

Chapter 17. Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying  569

Characteristics of Bullying  572

Characteristics of Cyberbullying  574

Cyberbullying vs. Traditional Bullying  579

Characteristics of Bullies  581

Characteristics of Victims of Bullying  582

Characteristics of Bully-Victims  588

Dimensions of Bullying  588

Characteristics of Bystanders  589

School Climate  590

Evaluating Incidents of Bullying  593

Interventions  593

Laws to Prevent Bullying  598

Role of the Court in Cases Involving Bullying and Cyberbullying  599

Concluding Comment  601

Thinking Through the Issues  602

Summary  602

Key Terms  606

Study Questions  606

 

Chapter 18. Child Maltreatment  607

Risk and Protective Factors for Children  612

Problems Associated with Children Who Have Been Maltreated  614

Reporting Child Maltreatment  615

Statistics on Child Maltreatment  616

Offenders  618

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)  625

Interventions  629

Concluding Comment  631

Thinking Through the Issues  632

Summary  632

Key Terms  636

Study Questions  636

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References  637

Name Index  687

Subject Index  697

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