Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children, Second Edition

Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, Professor of Neuroscience, and Distinguished Research Scholar at Texas A&M University. He is an author of over 300 scholarly publications; an author or editor of over 50 books; and a creator of numerous widely used psychological tests of behavior, cognition, and personality. Dr. Reynolds maintained a clinical practice treating trauma victims and individuals with traumatic brain injury for 25 years before retiring from clinical work. He is past president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the American Psychological Association (APA) Divisions of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics; Clinical Neuropsychology; and School Psychology. He serves on the editorial boards of 11 journals. Dr. Reynolds has been an editor or associate editor of several journals, and is currently editor-in-chief of Psychological Assessment. Dr. Reynolds has received numerous awards from NAN, APA, and other organizations. Randy W. Kamphaus, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia. A focus on issues related to clinical assessment has led him to pursue research in classification methods, differential diagnosis, test development, and learning disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment. Dr. Kamphaus has served as principal investigator, coinvestigator, or consultant on federally funded research projects dealing with early intervention and prevention, child classification methods, prevalence of ADHD and conduct disorder in Latin America, and aggression reduction in schools. As a licensed psychologist and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), he has contributed extensively to his profession, and he is past president of the APA’s Division of School Psychology. Dr. Kamphaus has also authored or coauthored five books, three psychological tests, more than 40 scientific journal articles, and more than 20 book chapters. He also participates in scholarship in the field through work as an editorial board member, associate editor, test reviewer, and newsletter editor.

I. General Issues
1. Personality Assessment Research: Applying Criteria of Confidence and Helpfulness
David W. Barnett, Gregg Macmann, and Francis E. Lentz, Jr.
2. Procedural Issues Associated with the Behavioral Assessment of Children
Christopher H. Skinner, Jennifer T. Freeland, and Edward S. Shapiro

II. Projective Methods
3. The Projective Hypothesis and Development of Projective Techniques for Children
Louis A. Chandler
4. Projective Storytelling Techniques
James L. Dupree and Frances Prevatt
5. Evaluation of Projective Drawings
Howard M. Knoff
6. The Sentence Completion as a Tool for Assessing Emotional Disturbance
Ruth Adlof Haak
7. Using the Rorschach with Children and Adolescents: The Exner Comprehensive System
Jerry C. Allen and Jillayne Hollifield
8. Use of the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) with Children
Wayne H. Holtzman and Jon Swartz

III. Interviewing and Observations
9. Using the Clinical Interview to Assess Children's Interpersonal Reasoning and Emotional Understanding
Janet A. Welsh and Karen Lin Bierman
10. Structured Diagnostic Interviewing
Bryan R. Loney and Paul J. Frick
11. Direct Behavioral Observation for Classrooms
Anne Pierce Winsor

IV. Specific Syndromes and Symptoms
12. Assessment of Childhood Depression
Semrud-Clikeman, Laura Bennett, and Laura Guli
13. The Assessment of Attention via Continuous Performance Tests
Cynthia A. Riccio and Cecil R. Reynolds
14. Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Shari Neul, Heather Applegate, and Ron Drabman

V. Objective Methods
15. Multisource and Multidimensional Object Assessment of Adjustment: The Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition; Personality Inventory for Youth; and Student Behavior Survey
David Lachar and Christian P. Gruber
16. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent
Ellen W. Rowe
17. The Behavior Assessment System for Children
Jennifer Thorpe, Randy W. Kamphaus, and Cecil R. Reynolds
18. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
Thomas M. Achenbach and Stephanie McConaughy

VI. Assessment of Adaptive Skills/Behavior
19. Assessing Social Competence in Children and Adolescents
Timothy A. Cavell, Barbara T. Meehan, and Samuel E. Fiala
20. Adaptive Behavior Scales
Randy W. Kamphaus

VII. Advanced Topics
21. Assessing the Family Context
Cindy I. Carlson
22. Issues in Child Custody Evaluation and Testimony
Patrice H. Butterfield
23. Assessment of Childhood Anxiety
Kelly RobinsonI. General Issues
1. Personality Assessment Research: Applying Criteria of Confidence and Helpfulness
David W. Barnett, Gregg Macmann, and Francis E. Lentz, Jr.
2. Procedural Issues Associated with the Behavioral Assessment of Children
Christopher H. Skinner, Jennifer T. Freeland, and Edward S. Shapiro

II. Projective Methods
3. The Projective Hypothesis and Development of Projective Techniques for Children
Louis A. Chandler
4. Projective Storytelling Techniques
James L. Dupree and Frances Prevatt
5. Evaluation of Projective Drawings
Howard M. Knoff
6. The Sentence Completion as a Tool for Assessing Emotional Disturbance
Ruth Adlof Haak
7. Using the Rorschach with Children and Adolescents: The Exner Comprehensive System
Jerry C. Allen and Jillayne Hollifield
8. Use of the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) with Children
Wayne H. Holtzman and Jon Swartz

III. Interviewing and Observations
9. Using the Clinical Interview to Assess Children's Interpersonal Reasoning and Emotional Understanding
Janet A. Welsh and Karen Lin Bierman
10. Structured Diagnostic Interviewing
Bryan R. Loney and Paul J. Frick
11. Direct Behavioral Observation for Classrooms
Anne Pierce Winsor

IV. Specific Syndromes and Symptoms
12. Assessment of Childhood Depression
Semrud-Clikeman, Laura Bennett, and Laura Guli
13. The Assessment of Attention via Continuous Performance Tests
Cynthia A. Riccio and Cecil R. Reynolds
14. Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Shari Neul, Heather Applegate, and Ron Drabman

V. Objective Methods
15. Multisource and Multidimensional Object Assessment of Adjustment: The Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition; Personality Inventory for Youth; and Student Behavior Survey
David Lachar and Christian P. Gruber
16. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent
Ellen W. Rowe
17. The Behavior Assessment System for Children
Jennifer Thorpe, Randy W. Kamphaus, and Cecil R. Reynolds
18. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
Thomas M. Achenbach and Stephanie McConaughy

VI. Assessment of Adaptive Skills/Behavior
19. Assessing Social Competence in Children and Adolescents
Timothy A. Cavell, Barbara T. Meehan, and Samuel E. Fiala
20. Adaptive Behavior Scales
Randy W. Kamphaus

VII. Advanced Topics
21. Assessing the Family Context
Cindy I. Carlson
22. Issues in Child Custody Evaluation and Testimony
Patrice H. Butterfield
23. Assessment of Childhood Anxiety
Kelly Robinson