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Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents

• By Kenneth W. Merrell

• Price: $65.00
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 480
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1st October 2002
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3907-4

About the Book

Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents, Second Edition was written to provide a comprehensive foundation for conducting clinical assessment of child and adolescent social-emotional behavior in a practical, scientific, and culturally appropriate manner. It is divided into two major sections.

Part I includes eight chapters that provide a general foundation for assessment practice. These chapters include coverage of basic professional and ethical issues, classification and diagnostic problems, and six primary assessment methods, which are presented in detail. Part II includes six chapters on applications for assessing specific social-emotional behavior domains, including internalizing and externalizing problems, social skills and peer relations, young children, and diverse cultural groups. Together, these two sections provide a framework for a model of assessment that is practical, flexible, sensitive to specific needs, and empirically sound.

Changes in the second edition of this book include:

• increased coverage of the practice of functional behavior assessment;
• updated test reviews;
• reviews of new assessment instruments;
• updated information on legal and ethical issues;
• updated information on assessment and cultural diversity; and
• a handy appendix with contact information for all publishers of instruments discussed in the book, including Web site addresses.

To the greatest extent possible, this book weaves together the most recent research evidence and common application issues. It is specifically relevant to practitioners and researchers in the fields of school psychology and child clinical psychology, but will also be of interest to those in related disciplines, such as counseling, social work, child psychiatry, and special education.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Foundations and Methods of Assessment. Foundations of Assessment. Assessment and Classification. Direct Behavioral Observation. Behavior Rating Scales. Interviewing Techniques. Sociometric Techniques. Self-Report Instruments. Projective-Expressive Techniques. Part II: Assessment of Specific Problems, Competencies, and Populations. Assessment of Externalizing Problems. Assessment of Internalizing Problems. Assessment of Other Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Problems. Assessment of Social Skills and Peer Relations. Assessing Social and Emotional Behavior of Young Children. Assessment and Cultural Diversity. Appendix: Sources for Published Assessment Instruments.

About the Author(s)

Kenneth W. Merrell (Ph.D.) is professor of school psychology at the University of Oregon, where he also serves as co-director of the program and head of the special education area (which includes the school psychology, communication disorders, early intervention, and special education programs). In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a school psychologist and has extensive additional experience in providing psychological services and consultation in schools. Dr. Merrell’s research and scholarly work in social-emotional assessment and intervention in schools as been published widely in the field of school psychology and he has been recognized in three separate studies as one of the 20 most influential scholars in the field over the past two decades.