Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment

by DelCarmen-Wiggins, Rebecca; Carter, Alice

• ISBN13: 9780195144383
• ISBN10: 0195144384
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment brings together, for the first time, leading clinical researchers to provide empirically based recommendations for assessment of social-emotional and behavior problems and disorders in the earliest years. Each authorpresents state-of-the-art information on scientifically valid, developmentally based clinical assessments and makes recommendations based on the integration of developmental theory, empirical findings, and clinical experience. Though the field of mental health assessment in infants and young children lags behind work with older children and adults, recent scientific advances, including new measures and diagnostic approaches, have led to dramatic growth in the field. The editors of this exciting new work have assembledan extraordinary collection of chapters that thoroughly discuss the conceptualizations of dysfunction in infants and young children, current and new diagnostic criteria, and such specific disorders as sensory modulation dysfunction, sleep disorders, eating and feeding disorders, autistic spectrumdisorders, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and ADHD. Chapters further highlight the importance of incorporating contextual factors such as parent-child relationship functioning and cultural background into the assessment process to increase the validity of findings. Given the comprehensiveness of this groundbreaking volume in reviewing conceptual, methodological, and research advances on early identification, diagnosis, and clinical assessment of disorders in this young age group, it will be an ideal resource for teachers, researchers, and a wide varietyclinicians including child psychologists, child psychiatrists, early intervention providers, early special educators, social workers, family physicians, and pediatricians.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
Introduction	3	(4)
I. Contextual Factors in Early Assessment
Cultural Perspectives for Assessing Infants and Young Children	7	(18)
Michelle Christensen
Robert Emde
Candace Fleming
Assessment of Parent-Child Early Relational Disturbances	25	(36)
Roseanne Clark
Audrey Tluczek
Kathleen Cranley Gallagher
Contextual Contributors to the Assessment of Infant Mental Health	61	(18)
Arnold Sameroff
Ronald Seifer
Susan C. Mcdonough
II. Temperament and Regulation in Assessing Disorders in Young Children
Assessment of Disturbances in Emotion Regulation and Temperament	79	(26)
Cynthia A. Stifter
Crystal N. Wiggins
The Role of Sensory Reactivity in Understanding Infant Temperament	105	(18)
Nathan A. Fox
Cindy P. Polak
III. Diagnostic Issues Relating to Classification and Taxonomy
Psychiatric Diagnosis in Preschool Children	123	(18)
Adrian Angold
Helen Link Egger
Diagnosing Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: The Zero to Three Diagnostic Classification of Early Mental Health Disorders	141	(20)
Alicia F. Lieberman
Kathryn E. Barnard
Serena Wieder
Empirically Based Assessment and Taxonomy: Applications to Infants and Toddlers	161	(24)
Thomas M. Achenbach
Leslie A. Rescorla
IV. Measurement Issues
Integrating Clinical and Psychometric Approaches: Developmental Assessment and the Infant Mental Health Evaluation	185	(20)
Walter S. Gilliam
Linda C. Mayes
Observation in Infant-Toddler Mental Health Assessment	205	(18)
Marina Zelenko
The Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA): A Structured Parent Interview for Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders in Preschool Children	223	(24)
Helen Link Egger
Adrian Angold
V. Problems in Early Development and State Regulation: Assessing Disorders with an Onset in Infancy or Toddlerhood
Sensory Modulation Dysfunction: Identification in Early Childhood	247	(24)
Lucy Jane Miller
Joann Robinson
Debra Moulton
Sleep Disorders	271	(18)
Beth L. Goodlin-Jones
Thomas F. Anders
The Diagnostic Assessment and Classification of Feeding Disorders	289	(22)
Irene Chatoor
Jody Ganiban
VI. Specific Areas of Disturbance: Applying Diagnostic Criteria to Disorders with an Onset in the Preschool Years
Clinical Assessment of Young Children at Risk for Autism	311	(26)
Ami Klin
Katarzyna Chawarska
Emily Rubin
Fred Volkmar
Affective Disorders	337	(18)
Joan L. Luby
Anxiety Disorders	355	(22)
Susan L. Warren
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	377	(22)
Michael S. Scheeringa
Diagnostic and Assessment Issues of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the Young Child	399	(22)
William E. Pelham, Jr.
Anil Chacko
Brian T. Wymbs
Assessment of Disruptive Behavior in Young Children: A Clinical-Developmental Framework	421	(22)
Lauren S. Wakschlag
Barbara Danis
VII. Varied Applied Settings for Assessment
Expanding the Scope of Infant Mental Health Assessment: A Community-Based Model	443	(24)
Ruth Feldman
Miri Keren
Early Detection of Young Children's Mental Health Problems in Primary Care Settings	467	(24)
Lynne C. Huffman
Mary Nichols
Games Children Play: Observing Young Children's Self-Regulation Across Laboratory, Home, and School Settings	491	(32)
Lisa A. Mccabe
Pia Rebello-Britto
Magdalena Hernandez
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Epilogue	523	(4)
Alice S. Carter
Rebecca Delcarmen-Wiggins
Index	527