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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Merrell, Kenneth W. Behavioral, social, and emotional assessment of children and adolescents. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999 (OCoLC)607133584 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kenneth W Merrell |
| ISBN: | 0805828869 9780805828863 |
| OCLC Number: | 39229604 |
| Description: | xvi, 438 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Foundations and Methods of Assessment -- Foundations of Assessment -- Theoretical Foundations of Social and Emotional Behavior -- Understanding and Clarifying Assessment Referrals -- Assessment as a Problem-Solving Process -- Legal and Ethical Issues in Assessment -- Philosophical Foundations of Assessment -- Designing a Multimethod, Multisource, Multisetting Assessment -- Criteria for Inclusion of Assessment Methods and Instruments -- Assessment and Classification -- Why Classify? -- Differential Diagnosis and Classification Error -- Current Classification Systems -- Multiple Gating in Assessment and Classification -- Concluding Comments on Assessment and Classification -- Direct Behavioral Observation -- Behavioral Observation: Basic Principles and Concepts -- Direct Behavioral Observation and Ecological Assessment -- General Methods of Behavioral Observation -- Observational Coding Procedures -- Examples of Observational Coding Systems -- Validity Issues in Direct Behavioral Observation -- Direct Behavioral Observation and Functional Behavior Assessment -- Direct Behavioral Observation and Decision Making -- Behavior Rating Scales -- Characteristics of Behavior Rating Scales -- Review of Selected General Purpose Problem Behavior Rating Scales -- Best Practices in Using Behavior Rating Scales -- Behavior Rating Scales and Decision Making -- Interviewing Techniques -- Role of Interviews in Assessing Children and Adolescents -- Developmental Issues in Interviewing -- Factors That May Affect the Quality of the Interview. |
| Responsibility: | Kenneth W. Merrell. |
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