Psychological Assessment of Children

THE HYPOTHESES OF ASSESSMENT. A Developmental-Social Orientation. The Ego as the Object of Assessment. METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION. The Nature and Evaluation of Assessment Techniques. Techniques Based on Samples of Manifest Behavior. Techniques Based on Subjective Reports. Techniques Based on Associative Behavior. PROCEDURES IN ASSESSMENT. The Assessment Milieu and the Referral. Conducting the Assessment. ANALYSIS OF THE ASSESSMENT. SPECIFICATIONS OF EGO FUNCTIONS. The Analysis of Perceptual-Motor and Cognitive Development. Analysis of Affective Development. Analysis of Conative Development. The Assessment of Social Development. Analysis of Ego Functioning and Identity Formation. Reporting the Assessment. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. Assessment of Infants and Pre-School Children. The Assessment of Physically Handicapped Children. Assessment of Developmental and Learning Disability and Traumatic Brain Damage. Assessment of Children from Different Cultures. Children In the Courts. ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Assessment for Therapy An Eclectic Approach. Assessment for Psychological and Environmental Interventions. Ergo Sum An Epilogue. Appendixes. References. Index.Palmer, James O. is the author of 'Psychological Assessment of Children' with ISBN 9780471097655 and ISBN 0471097659.