Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior

Addressing the growing need among child care providers to assess behavioural and emotional problems, this text gives a basis in theory and research and step-by-step instructions for successful assessment and diagnosis of childhood problems. The authors emphasise that assessment is not test driven, rather, it is construct driven.

Because of the growing need among child care providers to assess behavioral and emotional problems, readers and graduate students in clinical, school, and counseling psychology programs need a book that gives them not only a sound base in theory and research but also step-by-step instructions for successful assessment and diagnosis of childhood behavior problems. The authors' overriding objective in writing this book was to provide an appropriate range and depth of coverage.