Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Process: Child and Adolescent Assessment and Intervention presents an in-depth analysis by experienced psychologists on how to engage in clinical reasoning and decision making from assessment to intervention with children and youth. This book emphasizes the importance of using and articulating clinical reasoning within a well-defined framework and its goal in guiding diagnostic and treatment decisions. This book encourages critical thinking including reflection, judgment, inference, problem solving, and decision
making based on the interaction of efficient and effective clinical judgment and truth-seeking accountability.
With a primary goal of providing examples of processes and procedures, this book validates and enriches the importance of clinical reasoning and decision making in psychology.
- Includes rationale for insight and conceptualization of clinical reasoning and decision making
- Uses models and illustrations to showcase clinical reasoning and decision making relative to child and youth concerns and needs
- Enables understanding of issues and experiences of children and youth in the psychological setting
- Presents approaches for explicit, conscious, and accountable critical thinking
- Outlines how to evaluate one's own thinking and the thinking of others
- Features examples of conscious, purposeful, and informed clinical reasoning, decision making, and critical thinking
- Facilitates a comprehensive and ethical analysis of issues in the lives of children and youth
Dr. Jac J.W. Andrews is currently a Professor and past Chair of the School and Applied Child Psychology program (2010-2023) in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Over his career, Dr. Andrews has produced over 200 publications (e.g., peer and non-peer reviewed articles, book chapters, instructional manuals, and evaluation, and research reports) has conducted over 200 presentations, workshops, and seminars and has co-written/edited 12 books (1990-2024), 3 Provincial and International Teaching Manuals (1986-1991), and 3 Special Editions in Education and Psychology Journals (1993-2017). He is currently on the Editorial Board of a few journals including Canadian Psychology and Canadian Journal of School Psychology. The breadth and quality of his work has had a cohesive focus and strong theoretical and empirical foundations (Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Psychodynamic). Dr. Andrews has been involved in numerous professional organizations has undertaken many administrative functions and has been involved with several evaluation projects within and across numerous areas (for example, Health, Social Service and Justice, Psychology, and Education). His work relative to education and psychology has resulted in over 25 honours and awards including the Werklund School of Education Distinguished Research and Lecture Award (2018) as well as the Werklund School of Education Leadership Award (2018), the University of Calgary Group Leadership Award (2019), the Psychologist of the Year Award from the Psychological Association of Alberta (2020), the Canadian Psychological Association Fellowship for his significant contributions to psychology in Canada (2022) and the Order of the University of Calgary for his exemplary service to the University and outside communities (2023).
Donald H. Saklofske, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario. He was previously Full Professor at the University of Western Ontario, University of Calgary, and University of Saskatchewan, as well as holding several international Visiting Professorships. He has served on numerous professional and research committees, both national and international. His research and applied interests span individual differences, personality, intelligence and psychological assessment. He has published more than 500 journal articles, books, and book chapters covering a wide range of areas from intelligence and emotional intelligence to resiliency and psychological assessment. Don is currently editor of Canadian Psychology and Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment and Series Co-Editor for the Springer series on Human Exceptionality. He is a Fellow of APS, CPA and SPSP.
