The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents by Steven R Smith
Highlights assessment techniques, issues, and procedures that are of interest to practicing clinicians. This book provides guidance for test selection, interpretation, and application. It outlines selection and interpretation of measures in a manner that is relevant to clinicians and graduate students."Readers of this text will gain clinically practical and empirically informed knowledge on the assessment of children and adolescents as individuals and as individuals living within the family and other contextsRich case examples pointedly illustrate the integration of specific test information into the assessment process as a whole. I recommend this Handbook for graduate students and clinicians working day-to-day with children and adolescents experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties." - Daniel J. Holdwick, Jr., Clinical Psychologist
"This book provides extensive coverage of methods, settings, and issues in the psychological assessment of children and adolescents. Readers will appreciate the breadth and depth of its chapters, which offer both detailed guidelines for clinical practice and comprehensive consideration of relevant literature." - Irving. B. Weiner, University of South Florida
Steven R. Smith, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He completed his PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Arkansas before an internship and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 2001, he was awarded the Walter Klopfer award from the Society for Personality Assessment for outstanding contribution to the empirical literature. SPA presented him the Anne and Samuel Beck Award for outstanding early career research in personality assessment for 2005.
Leonard Handler, PhD, ABAP, is Professor and Associate Director of the Clinical Training Program at the University of Tennessee. Over the past 40 years he has taught assessment to almost 900 graduate students and is a frequent contributor to various clinical journals. Dr. Handler is on the Editorial Board of JPA; he is co-editor of the Case Study Section of the Journal. He has been a member of two APA committees that deal with assessment, and has been the recipient of awards for his research from the University and from the Tennessee Psychological Association. He also served as Director of the University of Tennessee Psychological Clinic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805860757 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805860754 |
| Title | The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents |
| Author | Steven R Smith |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Year published | 2006-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 646 |
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