Assessing Communication
Assessing Communication Rhea Paul Ph.D., CCC-SLP Moira Lewis This chapter provides a brief outline of the process involved in assessing how children use speech and language for communication. We describe…
Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment of Children
Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment of Children Katherine D. Tsatsanis Ph.D Associate Research Scientist Yale Child Study Center Yale University School of Medicine 230 S. Frontage Road New Haven, CT 06520…
Structured Interviewing
Structured Interviewing Adrian Angold MRCPsych. E. Jane Costello PhD. Helen Link Egger M.D. Introduction Interviews are necessary tools for all forms of clinical medical diagnosis, and they have a singularly…
Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Content and Structure
Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: Content and Structure Jeff Q. Bostic M.D. Robert A. King M.D The goal of the clinical psychiatric assessment of a child or adolescent is…
Clinical Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Clinical Assessment of Infants and Toddlers Walter S. Gilliam Linda C. Mayes Why perform infant assessments? It is perhaps easier to state definitively what infant assessments cannot provide. They do…
Classification
Classification Fred R. Volkmar M.D. Mary Schwab-Stone M.D. Michael First M.D Principles of Classification The ability and the urge to classify are unique aspects of human experience. They provide us…
Developmental Psychopathology
Developmental Psychopathology Suniya S. Luthar Rebecca P. Prince Developmental Psychopathology Defined: Major Features Developmental psychopathology is an integrative discipline, wherein principles from classical developmental theory are applied to investigate clinical…
Adolescence
Adolescence Robert A. King We are born, so to speak, twice over. Born in existence and born into life; born a human being and born a man. —Rousseau, Emile Adolescence…
Development of School-Age Children
Development of School-Age Children Lee Combrinck-Graham Geraldine S. Fox Introduction The middle years of childhood, spanning the age from when a child enters primary school through the onset of adolescence,…
The Preschool Child
The Preschool Child Laura Stout Sosinsky Walter Gilliam Linda Mayes The Preschool Child Between the ages of two to five years and under average conditions, children’s cognitive, social, and emotional…
