Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents » (3rd Edition)

Written as a graduate-level training textbook, this work focuses on comprehensive psychological assessment methods relevant to the fields of school psychology, clinical child psychology, and special education. Merrell (education, U. of Oregon) first provides chapters a general foundation for assessment practice, covering basic professional and ethical issues, classification and diagnostic problems, and introductions to six primary assessment methods. Later chapters look at specific social-emotional behavior domains, including externalizing problems, internalizing problems, other problems, social skills and peer relationships, young children, and diverse cultural groups. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR