Textbook
Psychodiagnostic Assessment of Children: Dimensional and Categorical ApproachesISBN: 978-0-471-21219-5
Hardcover
552 pages
August 2006, ©2006
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1. Unlike other texts on child assessment, which focus solely on
descriptions of psychological assessment instruments, this book
approaches the assessment process from a disorder standpoint,
including information on constructs, diagnostic standards,
assessment methods, and interpretation for common childhood
disorders ranging from mental retardation, learning disabilities,
and emotional problems, to eating disorders, ADHD, conduct
disorder, substance abuse, and more.
2. This text also includes important chapters on categorical, dimensional, and multivariate methods of psychological assessment, and ethical and legal issues related to psychological assessment of children.
3. Case examples included throughout
4. First author has written 2 leading texts on intelligence assessment and personality assessment