Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Practical Applications (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

The authors present an empirically based assessment approach that provides concrete guidelines for clinical work. Using ratings, direct observations and interviews, they discuss methods for assessing childhood dysfunction based on a comprehensive integration of information from parents, teachers and children. The material is presented with clinical illustrations that convey the use of specific assessment techniques for intake, case evaluation, decisions about treatment, management and follow-up.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McConaughy, Stephanie H.

Achenbach, Thomas M.

Psychology & Counseling

Sage Publications, Inc.

The authors present an empirically based assessment approach that provides concrete guidelines for clinical work. Using ratings, direct observations and interviews, they discuss methods for assessing childhood dysfunction based on a comprehensive integration of information from parents, teachers and children. The material is presented with clinical illustrations that convey the use of specific assessment techniques for intake, case evaluation, decisions about treatment, management and follow-up.

This volume provides new insights into conceptualizing and assessing children′s behaviour problems, and describes new approaches to improving care and accountability.  The authors′ psychometric technique for assessing psychopathology, involving the use of standardized instruments for collecting and scoring data, results in profiles that can be compared with reference samples of children′s peers. In this expanded new edition, Achenbach and McConaughy present their improvements on this approach, including revised scales based on the latest data. Detailed case examples demonstrate the practical, clinical applications of the approach.

This volume provides new insights into conceptualizing and assessing children′s behaviour problems, and describes new approaches to improving care and accountability. The authors′ psychometric technique for assessing psychopathology, involving the use of standardized instruments for collecting and scoring data, results in profiles that can be compared with reference samples of children′s peers. In this expanded new edition, Achenbach and McConaughy present their improvements on this approach, including revised scales based on the latest data. Detailed case examples demonstrate the practical, clinical applications of the approach.

Mental Health

Clinical Interviews for Children and Adolescents: Assessment to Intervention (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

Product Description 
Widely recognized as an authoritative resource, this book has been revised and updated with the latest research and techniques, including new material on telehealth services. Guidelines are provided for conducting thorough, developmentally informed interviews with K–12 students--and their parents and teachers--for multimethod assessment and intervention planning. Extensive case examples illustrate how to elicit information about school functioning, peer relations, emotional and behavioral difficulties, family situations, and adolescent concerns. Two guest authors have contributed chapters on suicide and violence risk assessments. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes over a dozen reproducible interviewing tools; purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.\nNew to this Edition 
 *Incorporates the latest information on bullying, cyberbullying, and victimization; sexual- and gender-minority youth; social media and smart phone use; and adolescent substance use. 
 *Discusses strategies, tips, and caveats for conducting virtual interviews. 
 *Expanded coverage of cultural and linguistic biases in assessment and how practitioners can build multicultural competence. 
 *Revised and expanded reproducible tool: Semistructured Student Interview--Second Edition.\nThis book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.\nReview 
"A timely update to an authoritative guide. Updates in the third edition include coverage of virtual interviews, increased attention to bullying and victimization, and an expanded discussion of interviewing children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Students in graduate courses on social–emotional assessment will be well served by having this text on their reading lists. Even experienced practitioners will find the book useful in expanding their skill sets, and will appreciate the valuable materials it contains, such as the revised Semistructured Student Interview. Interviewing is an essential skill for school-based practitioners, and I can think of no better foundational text than this welcome third edition."--Robert J. Volpe, PhD, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University\n"This excellent third edition will doubtless remain the go-to book for practitioners who conduct clinical interviews or professors who teach in this area. There is not a topic in clinical interviewing that has not been covered. The book is easy to read, scholarly, empirically justified, and has case examples emphasizing the main points. There is none other like it on the market."--Melissa A. Bray, PhD, Professor and Director, School Psychology Program, University of Connecticut\n"The third edition of this very practical book captures the true complexity of clinical interviewing. The book has been thoroughly updated to include the impact of technology on the everyday lives of children and adolescents, as well as recent scholarship related to diversity, gender identity, sexual behaviors, and substance use. The explanations of clinical interviewing are richly illustrated with six case examples that are revisited throughout the chapters. The interviewing strategies discussed are readily translated into practice, given the many included reproducible protocols. Throughout, McConaughy and Whitcomb's explanations ring true to their extensive experience as both scholars and mental health practitioners."--Beth Doll, PhD, Professor of Educational Psychology and Training Director, Nebraska Consortium for Internships in Professional Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln\n"Provides the reader with an excellent model for effective, real-life clinical problem solving with difficult child clinical cases....This volume and the clinical methods it presents serve as an excellent model for optimization of integrative psychological assessment with children and a

Politics & Social Sciences

Whitcomb, Sara A.

Social Sciences

The Guilford Press

Product Description 
Widely recognized as an authoritative resource, this book has been revised and updated with the latest research and techniques, including new material on telehealth services. Guidelines are provided for conducting thorough, developmentally informed interviews with K–12 students--and their parents and teachers--for multimethod assessment and intervention planning. Extensive case examples illustrate how to elicit information about school functioning, peer relations, emotional and behavioral difficulties, family situations, and adolescent concerns. Two guest authors have contributed chapters on suicide and violence risk assessments. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes over a dozen reproducible interviewing tools; purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.\nNew to This Edition 
 *Incorporates the latest information on bullying, cyberbullying, and victimization; sexual- and gender-minority youth; social media and smartphone use; and adolescent substance use. 
 *Discusses strategies, tips, and caveats for conducting virtual interviews. 
 *Expanded coverage of cultural and linguistic biases in assessment and how practitioners can build multicultural competence. 
 *Revised and expanded reproducible tool: Semistructured Student Interview--Second Edition.\nThis book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.\nReview 
"A timely update to an authoritative guide. Updates in the third edition include coverage of virtual interviews, increased attention to bullying and victimization, and an expanded discussion of interviewing children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Students in graduate courses on social–emotional assessment will be well served by having this text on their reading lists. Even experienced practitioners will find the book useful in expanding their skill sets, and will appreciate the valuable materials it contains, such as the revised Semistructured Student Interview. Interviewing is an essential skill for school-based practitioners, and I can think of no better foundational text than this welcome third edition."--Robert J. Volpe, PhD, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University\n"This excellent third edition will doubtless remain the go-to book for practitioners who conduct clinical interviews or professors who teach in this area. There is not a topic in clinical interviewing that has not been covered. The book is easy to read, scholarly, and empirically justified, and has case examples emphasizing the main points. There is none other like it on the market."--Melissa A. Bray, PhD, Professor and Director, School Psychology Program, University of Connecticut\n"The third edition of this very practical book captures the true complexity of clinical interviewing. The book has been thoroughly updated to include the impact of technology on the everyday lives of children and adolescents, as well as recent scholarship related to diversity, gender identity, sexual behaviors, and substance use. The explanations of clinical interviewing are richly illustrated with six case examples that are revisited throughout the chapters. The interviewing strategies discussed are readily translated into practice, given the many included reproducible protocols. Throughout, McConaughy and Whitcomb's explanations ring true to their extensive experience as both scholars and mental health practitioners."--Beth Doll, PhD, Professor of Educational Psychology and Training Director, Nebraska Consortium for Internships in Professional Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln\n"Provides the reader with an excellent model for effective, real-life clinical problem solving with difficult child clinical cases....This volume and the clinical methods it presents serve as an excellent model for optimization of integrative psychological assessment with children and ado

The Achieving-Behaving-Caring (ABC) Program is an evidence-based approach to addressing the needs of elementary students at risk for emotional and behavioral difficulties and promoting successful home-school collaboration. This practical guide demonstrates how classroom teachers and parents can work together to boost individual children's strengths, reduce problems that interfere with learning, and provide classwide social skills training. The use of trained parent liaisons is a special feature of the program. Detailed, step-by-step instructions for implementing ABC are accompanied by many useful case illustrations and tips. The book includes more than two dozen reproducible handouts and forms, in a convenient large-size format with lay-flat binding. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Collaborating with Parents for Early School Success: The Achieving-Behaving-Caring Program (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

Hewitt, Kim

Kay, Pam

Welkowitz, Julie A.

Fitzgerald, Martha D.

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Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Practical Applications (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Practical Applications (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Practical Applications (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

Empirically Based Assessment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Practical Applications (Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry)

Clinical Interviews for Children and Adolescents: Assessment to Intervention (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

Clinical Interviews for Children and Adolescents: Assessment to Intervention (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

Collaborating with Parents for Early School Success: The Achieving-Behaving-Caring Program (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)