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Author Braaten, Ellen.

Title The child clinician's report-writing handbook / Ellen Braaten ; series editor's note by Edward L. Zuckerman
Published New York : Guilford Press, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  618.9289 Bra/Ccr  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Series The clinician's toolbox
Clinician's toolbox.
Contents Pt. I. Questions for conducting a psychological evaluation of a child or adolescent -- 1. Beginning the interview -- 2. Questions for parents on signs, symptoms, and behavior patterns -- 3. Observation procedures and questions for children and adolescents -- 4. Questions for teachers or other professionals -- 5. The formal mental status exam with children and adolescents -- 6. Ending the interview -- Pt. II. Standard terms and statements for wording psychological reports -- 7. Beginning the report -- 8. Reasons for referral -- 9. History of current symptoms -- 10. Medical and psychiatric background information -- 11. Developmental and family history -- 12. Academic and school history -- 13. Behavioral observations -- 14. Attitude toward testing -- 15. Affective symptoms and mood/anxiety disorders -- 16. Childhood behavioral and cognitive disorders -- 17. Home and family -- 18. School -- 19. Social and work relationships, recreational activities -- 20. General guidelines for presenting test results in a report -- 21. Tests of intellectual functioning -- 22. Achievement measures -- 23. Tests of language functioning -- 24. Memory tests -- 25. Tests of visual-spatial and motor skills -- 26. Measures of executive and neuropsychological functioning -- 27. Measures of emotional and personality functioning -- 28. Behavior rating scales and tests of adaptive functioning -- 29. Diagnostic statements/impressions -- 30. Summary of findings and conclusions -- 31. Recommendations -- 32. Closing statements -- Pt. III. Special circumstances and useful resources -- 33. Writing for the schools -- 34. Treatment planning -- 35. Report formats and sample reports -- 36. Resources for professionals -- 37. Resources for parents -- 38. Medications -- 39. Abbreviations in common use -- 40. Useful forms
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index
Subject Child psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Interviewing in child psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Neuropsychological report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
LC no. 2006026727
ISBN 9781593853952 paperback alkaline paper
1593853955 paperback alkaline paper