Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Problems: A Clinician's Guide - Hardcover

Betty N. Gordon; Carolyn S. Schroeder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572307420 ISBN 13: 9781572307421

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This popular book guides clinicians and students in assessing and treating common childhood problems. Written in a highly accessible style, the volume presents an overview of healthy development, examines risk and protective factors for psychopathology, and spells out a behaviorally oriented model of assessment and treatment planning for children aged 2-12. Each problem-focused chapter reviews the literature on the topic at hand and provides step-by-step guidelines for practice, illustrated with helpful case examples. Featuring appendices that describe widely used assessment instruments, the book also contains more than 20 reproducible measures, clinical forms, and parent handouts, ready to photocopy and use.

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn S. Schroeder, PhD, is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas. She previously held appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Throughout her career, she has trained graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in the assessment and treatment of children and their families. She is widely recognized for the establishment of a model for psychologists' participation in primary care pediatrics. Her publications reflect her interests in pediatric psychology, service delivery in primary care settings, and the assessment and treatment of children's behavior problems.

Betty N. Gordon, PhD, was Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until her death in 2004. She taught graduate-level courses in child assessment and treatment and undergraduate courses in developmental psychopathology. In association with Chapel Hill Pediatric Psychology, she was involved in the clinical assessment and treatment of children for many years. Her influential research focused on children who have been sexually and/or physically abused, with a primary interest in children's memory for traumatic events.

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I. The Foundation
1. Development of Psychopathology
2.Assessment to Intervention
II Managing Common Problems
3. Eating Problems
4. Toileting: Training, Enuresis, Encopresis
5. Habits and Tics
6. Sleep
7. Sexuality and Sexual Problems
8. Fears and Anxieties
9. Depression
10. Disruptive Behavior
11. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
PART III. Managing Stressful Life Events
12. Siblings
13. Divorce
14. Bereavement
Appendices: A. Description of Assessment Instruments. B. Assessment Instruments.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1572307420
• ISBN 13: 9781572307421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 624