Ideal for both novices and advanced practitioners, the new edition of Stanley Greenspan's classic guide outlines a practical process for observing and interviewing children -- and organizing and interpreting their unfolding communications.

Highly acclaimed, The Clinical Interview of the Child uses actual interviews with children to show readers how to - Apply a developmental, biopsychosocial framework for understanding the inner lives of children at different ages and stages- Observe and assess human development, including emotional and cognitive patterns and perceptual capacities-...