Scientific, technological, social, and cultural changes mean that child and adolescent psychological assessment is facing new challenges and opportunities. This book showcases state-of-the-art methods, instruments, and processes in the clinical assessment of children and adolescents. Written by leading experts, the contributions highlight skills and specific procedures that are relevant and distinctive for the assessment of different age groups and that can be used in different contexts so professionals can plan interventions more effectively.After an introduction to the basic concepts and approaches to the clinical assessment of children and adolescents, four additional sections explore the diagnosis of psychological problems, the conceptualization of clinical problems and interventions, the assessment of intervention progress and outcomes, and the assessment of specific groups and in special contexts. The volume is full of practical examples to address issues such as clinical judgment and bias, results integration, multi-informant data collection, and incremental validity. This book is essential reading for child and adolescent psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists.
This volume is full of practical advice on the skills and specific procedures needed in the psychological assessment of children and adolescents, enabling professionals to plan interventions more effectively.
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The well-written chapters by leading scholars in the field skillfully address concepts, strategies, and issues that influence and guide the assessment of child and adolescent behavioral problems .Reviewed by Stephen N. Haynes, Emeritus Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Chapter 1
Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Definitions,
Characteristics, and New Challenges
Miguel A. Carrasco and Nuria de la Osa
Chapter 2
Process, Methods, Techniques, and Skills in Children's and
Adolescents' Clinical Assessment
Nuria de la Osa and Miguel A. Carrasco
Chapter 3
International Multicultural Applications of Evidence-Based
Assessment
Thomas M. Achenbach and Lourdes Ezpeleta
Chapter 4
New Approaches and Alternatives to the Traditional Classification
Systems
Ines Nieto, Jonas Everaert, and Carmelo Vazquez
Chapter 5
Clinical Judgment and Decision Making in the Assessment Process
and Case Conceptualization
York Hagmayer
Chapter 6
Tools and Measures for Children's and Adolescents' Clinical Problems
Miguel A. Carrasco and Nuria de la Osa
Chapter 7
Case Conceptualization With Children and Adolescents
Kristel Thomassin, Jessica Seddon, and Chelsea Reaume
Chapter 8
Assessment of Developmental Processes
Purificacion Sierra
Chapter 9
Assessment of Common and Transdiagnostic Approaches
Blossom A. Fernandes and Cecilia Essau
Chapter 10
Assessment of Children's Main Contexts: Family, School, and Social
Relationships
Juan-Carlos Perez-Gonzalez, Debora Rodrigo-Ruiz, and
Sarah K. Davis
Chapter 11
Assessment of Intervention Progress and Outcomes
Pablo Romero-Sanchiz, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Samuel Brice, and
Jacqui Rodgers
Chapter 12
Clinical Assessment of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders:
The Case of Assessing Developmental Delay/Intellectual Disability in
Children
Ann Swillen
Chapter 13
Clinical Assessment of Special Contexts
Farah Malik, Miguel A. Carrasco, and Nuria de la Osa
Nuria de la Osa is associate professor of psychological assessment in the Faculty of Psychology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Her research and publications have been focused on diagnostic and assessment instruments for children and adolescents' clinical problems, more specifically structured interviews, and the assessment of conduct problems. She is a clinical psychologist with many years of clinical experience.
Miguel A. Carrasco is full professor of clinical psychological assessment in the Faculty of Psychology at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid, Spain. He has been working as a teacher, researcher, therapist, and supervisor of children and adolescents with psychological problems for more than 20 years. His research interests focus on parenting behavior, children's psychological problems, and clinical assessment, especially in children and adolescents.
