Psychological and Behavioral Assessment: Impact on Pediatric Care

ISBN-13: 9781461297123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str.

Phyllis R. Magrab; Phyllis R. Magrab

Opis

Over the last several decades, the remarkable success of science and medical technology has allowed many children with chronic illness and handicapping conditions to live longer and healthier lives. But this suc cess is not without toll. The human cost of chronic illness or a handicap ping condition can be enormous for the child and the family. For the family, there is often the stressful daily burden of care, fatigue, marital stress, low family morale, financial burdens, and reduced career mobili ty. For the child, there are often arduous and painful treatment regimes, frequent school absences, low energy periods, and uncertainties with respect to future education and vocation. The course of many diseases is unpredictable, and the very fact of chronicity implies ongoing coping problems for the family and the child. The impact of a chronic illness or handicapping condition on a family system is usually more disintegrative than integrative, disrupting the lives of all family members and exacerbating the developmental risks to the child. It is not surprising that a recent comprehensive study for establish ing public policies for children with chronic illness at Vanderbilt Univer sity has called attention to these factors and produced, as a primary recommendation, increased attention to the psychological impact of dis ease on the family and the child. In this context there is an important need for adequate assessment of psychological and behavioral problems in these children to plan for appropriate services.

Spis treści

I: Specialized Assessment Techniques.- 1. A Developmental Framework for Psychological Assessment of Pediatric Conditions.- A General Developmental Framework for Psychological Assessment.- Chronic Illness and the Developmental Process.- Summary.- 2. Infant Assessment.- An Ecological Approach to Infant Assessment.- Prenatal Ecological Factors in Infant Development Conception to the Seventh Prenatal Month.- Infants at Risk.- Postnatal Events.- Issues in Assessing the Infant at Risk.- Infant Assessment Process.- Summary.- 3. Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment.- History of Neuropsychological Assessment.- Role of Neuropsychological Assessment.- Test Procedures.- Professional Integration.- 4. Behavioral Assessment in Pediatric Settings: Theory, Method, and Application.- Overview of Pediatric Behavioral Assessment.- Theoretical Underpinnings of Behavioral Assessment.- Specific Behavioral Techniques.- Conclusions.- II: Assessment for Specific Pediatric Conditions.- 5. Developmental Disorders.- Mental Retardation.- Psychological Assessment of Mental Retardation.- Special Considerations for Assessment in Conditions.- Associated with Mental Retardation.- The Role of Assessment in Intervention Planning.- Conclusions.- 6. Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders.- History of Learning Disability.- Theories of Etiology.- Types of Learning Disabilities.- Planning the Assessment for Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder.- Intellectual Assessment.- Achievement Testing.- Behavioral Assessment of Learning Disabilities.- Assessment of Neurological Status.- Utilization of Data from the Assessment Battery.- Conclusions.- 7. Cognitive Effects of Acute and Chronic Pediatric Medical Conditions.- Background of Assessment Research.- Assessment Issues.- Chronic Illnesses with Little or No Cognitive or.- Neurological Impact.- Chronic and Acute Pediatric Conditions with Known.- Neurological Involvement.- Summary.- 8. Psychosocial Assessment in Chronic and Fatal Illness.- Impact of Chronic Illness.- Development of a Systems-oriented Functional Model.- Clinical Application of the Model.- Conclusions: A Model for Reconceptualizing Problems and Solutions.- 9. Child Abuse.- Characteristics of Abusive Parents.- Characteristics of the Vulnerable Child.- The Abusive Situation.- The Outcomes of Child Abuse.- Prevention of Child Abuse: Screening and Assessment.- Diagnosis and Assessment in Child Abuse.- Summary.