Understanding Psychological Testing in Children A Guide for Health P
There is a considerable amount of interest within pediatrics and pri mary health care that is currently being directed toward the behavioral and emotional problems of childhood. Traditionally, these areas have been emphasized by child psychiatrists, chil
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Understanding Psychological Testing in Children A GUIDE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Stewart Gabel, M.D. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center White Plains, New York
Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D. Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) Rockville, Maryland
Steven M. Butnik, Ph.D. Independent Practice Richmond, Virginia
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gabel, Stewart, 1943Understanding psychological testing in children. Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Psychological tests for children. I. Oster, Gerald D. II. Butnik, Steven M. III. Title. (DNLM: 1. Psychological Tests-in infancy & childhood. WS 105.5.E8 G112u] 86-15104 155.4 RJ503.5.G33 1986 ISBN 978-1-4899-0554-3 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4899-0556-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0554-3
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Preface
There is a considerable amount of interest within pediatrics and primary health care that is currently being directed toward the behavioral and emotional problems of childhood. Traditionally, these areas have been emphasized by child psychiatrists, child psychologists, and psychiatric social workers. Now, however, the detection and, in some cases, the assessment and treatment of children with these types of disturbances fall within the province of primary child health care professionals. Even when the child psychiatrist or child psychologist provides the primary mental health treatment for the child, specialists such as pediatricians, family physicians, pediatric nurses, pediatric nurse practitioners, and speech therapists remain instrumental in support of the ongoing psychotherapeutic process as providers of some other aspect of total health care to the child and family. For these pediatricians, family physicians, and other nonpsychologist primary health care providers, it is essential to acquire an understanding and effective working knowledge of important psychological information and concepts to utilize within their own framework and professional responsibilities. In order that this may be accomplished, these professionals with limited backgrounds in psychology must better understand how psychologists themselves assess children and how they derive the conclusions reflected in the statements and reports that are shared with members of their own and other disciplines. In short, nonpsychologists must become substantially more familiar with psychological assessment, particularly with psychological testing and the subsequent reporting of results. They need to be able to assimilate and
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evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, presumptions, language, and goals of testing and be abl
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