The Oxford Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment

Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, PhD is a Health Scientist at the National Institutes of Health currently working to advance consideration of women's health and gender influences in research aimed at improving mental health. Dr. DelCarmen-Wiggins was previously the Chief of the Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Early Childhood Research Program in the Division of Developmental Translational Research at the National Institute of Mental Health. Trained as a clinical child psychologist, Dr. DelCarmen-Wiggins is also a licensed psychologist in Washington, DC and Maryland. She is the recipient of a National Service Research Award. She has conducted research studies in the area of infant attachment and has authored or coauthored a number of articles and book chapters in the topic of mental health in young children. Alice Carter, PhD is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston working to advance early identification of psychopathology and neurodevelopmental disabilities as well as factors that place children at risk for difficulties in social and emotional development. Dr. Carter was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University with a joint appointment in the Yale Child Study Center. A former fellow of Zero to Three, Dr. Carter is an author or co-author of over 200 articles and chapters and the co-author of the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) and the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) with Margaret Briggs-Gowan, PhD. Her recent work is focused on addressing health disparities by improving early identification, evaluation, and treatment of infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorders.

Introduction

Part I. Contextual Factors in Early Assessment

Chapter 1: Cultural Perspectives for Assessing Infants and Young Children
Michelle Sarche, Monica Tsethlikai, Leandra Godoy, Robert Emde, & Candace Fleming

Chapter 2: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations for Early Relationship Assessment
in Evaluating Infant and Toddler Mental Health
Roseanne Clark, Audrey Tluczek, Elizabeth C. Moore, & Amber L. Evenson

Chapter 3: Assessment of Early Parent Child Relationships
Roseanne Clark, Audrey Tluczek, Elizabeth C. Moore, Amber L. Evenson

Chapter 4: Apprehending the Interpersonal Context of Early Childhood Development: A New Systemic Approach to Infant-Family Assessment
James McHale & Susan Dickstein

Chapter 5: Assessment in Early Care and Education Environments
Laura Stout Sosinsky & Rachel A. Gordon

Part II. Temperament and Regulation in Assessment of Young Children

Chapter 6: Historical Background of the Study of Temperament and New Perspectives on Assessment
Samuel P. Putnam, Maria A. Gartstein, & Mary Rothbart

Chapter 7: Distinguishing Temperament from Psychopathology
David Rettew

Chapter 8: Infant Temperament and Early Self-Regulation
Patricia Tan & Pamela Marie Cole

Part III. Early Problems and Disorders

Chapter 9: The Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA): A Structured Parent Interview for Assessing Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders in Preschool Children
Helen Egger, Adrian Angold, Brian Small, & William Copeland

Chapter 10: Quantitative and Multicultural Assessment of Preschoolers' Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Problems: Multi Cultural Perspectives
Thomas Achenbach

Chapter 11: Assessment of Attachment in Infancy and Early Childhood
Neil W. Boris, Tessa Chesher, & Valerie Wajda-Johnson

Chapter 12: Assessment of Sensory Processing Disorder: The Interplay with Affect in the Context of Relationship
Lucy Jane Miller, Molly Witten, & Roianne R. Ahn

Chapter 13: Assessment of Language in Young Children
Leslie Rescorla

Chapter 14: Affective Disorders
Cynthia Rogers & Joan L. Luby

Chapter 15: Social Processes and Risk for Autism
Cheryl Klaiman, Celine A. Saulnier, Emily Rubin, Katarzyna Chawarska, & Ami Klin

Chapter 16: The Contribution of Developmentally Sensitive Measurement to Assessment of Disruptive Behavior in Young Children
Sarah A.O. Gray & Lauren S. Wakschlag

Chapter 17: Fear and Anxiety in Young Children and Their Assessment
Suzanne Broeren, Jennifer Hudson, & Ronald M. Rapee

IV. Translation and Varied Applied Settings for Assessment

Chapter 18: A Community-Based Approach to Infant Mental Health Assessment: Infants and Parents at High Psychosocial Risk
Miri Keren & Ruth Feldman

Chapter 19: Screening for Risk in a Primary Care Setting
Lynne C. Huffman & Joan Baran

Chapter 20: Second Stage Screening and Referral
Rebecca B. Silver, Megan Beers, Leandra Godoy, & Susan Dickstein

Epilogue & Future Directions
Alice S. Carter & Rebecca Del Carmen-Wiggins