"All children are different, and we need to know the reasons for, and significance of, those differences." This quote launches an overview of the clinical assessment of children with special needs. In 16 contributions, US experts in child development and assessment address conceptual and measuremen
Geared for use by mental health and education professionals, students of school psychology, clinical child psychologists, and others in the field, this volume presents an integrative framework for conducting individualized assessments of children and adolescents with a wide rage of disabilities and chronic conditions.
'There has long been a need for a comprehensive volume on the assessment of children with disabilities and chronic health conditions ... This volume is likely to become the authoritative text in the field. It will prove highly useful for practitioners in clinical, developmental, and pediatric psychology, and for graduate-level students in these areas.' - Dennis Drotar, PhD, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine'This text is unique in its broad coverage of quantititative, qualititative, and ecological assessment approaches, all in one volume. The authors do a good job of highlighting the causes of many disabilities and showing how the nature of the disability affects the assessments that will be done. Useful special topics covered include the assessment of children with disabilities who have suffered rom maltreatment or trauma. I was also impressed by the concluding chapter on ethical and legal issues.' - Joan Lieber, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park'This volume represents the state of the art in psychological assessment of children. Chapters on assessing children with a variety of special needs are accentuated with current research and compelling case studies. An excellent graduate-level text, the work will also serve as a reference for child psychologists in school or private practice settings.' - Michael D. West, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
