The Child Clinician's Report-Writing Handbook, First Edition
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-59385-395-2 (ISBN)
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This immensely practical book provides child clinicians with essential information and guidance for conducting evaluations and writing virtually any kind of clinical report. An accessible one-stop reference, it helps the reader collect pertinent information from children, parents, and teachers; organize evaluation results into a high-quality report; choose just the right wording, terms, and phrases to express findings and describe tests used; and develop appropriate treatment plans. Special features include interview questions, developmental milestones, sample reports and report formats, treatment planning tips for particular disorders, and lists of commonly used medications and abbreviations. The book also contains reproducible consent forms, questionnaires, and other ready-to-use tools, all in a convenient large-size format.
Ellen Braaten, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is also a child psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she coordinates the Child Psychology Internship Program. Dr. Braaten is the coauthor of Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids and has authored numerous scientific papers and chapters on child assessment, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and learning disabilities.
I. Questions for Conducting a Psychological Evaluation of a Child or Adolescent
1. Beginning the Interview
2. Questions for Parents on Signs, Symptoms, and Behavior Patterns
3. Observation Procedures and Questions for Children and Adolescents
4. Questions for Teachers or Other Professionals
5. The Formal Mental Status Exam with Children and Adolescents
6. Ending the Interview
II. Standard Terms and Statements for Wording Psychological Reports
A. Introducing the Report
7. Beginning the Report
8. Reasons for Referral
B. Background and History
9. History of Current and Past Symptoms
10. Medical and Psychiatric Background Information
11. Developmental and Family History
12. Academic and School History
C. The Child or Adolescent in the Evaluation
13. Behavioral Observations
14. Attitude toward Testing
15. Affective Symptoms and Mood/Anxiety Disorders
16. Childhood Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders
D. The Child or Adolescent in the Environment
17. Home and Family
18. School
19. Social and Work Relationships, Recreational Activities
E. Test Results
20. General Guidelines for Presenting Test Results in a Report
21. Tests of Intellectual Functioning
22. Achievement Measures
23. Tests of Language Functioning
24. Memory Tests
25. Tests of Visual-Spatial and Motor Skills
26. Measures of Executive and Neuropsychological Functioning
27. Measures of Emotional and Personality Functioning
28. Behavior Rating Scales and Tests of Adaptive Functioning
F. Ending the Report
29. Diagnostic Statements/Impressions
30. Summary of Findings and Conclusions
31. Recommendations
32. Closing Statements
III. Special Circumstances and Useful Resources
33. Writing for the Schools
34. Treatment Planning 35. Report Formats and Sample Reports
36. Resources for Professionals
37. Resources for Parents
38. Medications
39. Abbreviations in Common Use
40. Useful Forms
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.3.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Clinician's Toolbox |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 838 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59385-395-5 / 1593853955 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59385-395-2 / 9781593853952 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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