Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Process: Child and Adolescent Assessment and Intervention

Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Process: Child and Adolescent Assessment and Intervention presents an in-depth analysis by experienced psychologists on how to engage in clinical reasoning and decision making from assessment to intervention with children and youth. This book emphasizes the importance of using and articulating clinical reasoning within a well-defined framework and its goal in guiding diagnostic and treatment decisions. This book encourages critical thinking including reflection, judgment, inference, problem solving, and decision-making based on the interaction of efficient and effective clinical judgment and truth-seeking accountability. With a primary goal of providing examples of processes and procedures, this book validates and enriches the importance of clinical reasoning and decision making in psychology. Dedication Contents List of contributors About the editors About the authors Preface 1. Clinical reasoning in psychology: from assessment to intervention • Jac J.W. Andrews, Donald H. Saklofske, Victoria Purcell Evans and Jenna Young 2. Clinical reasoning in psychology: a conceptual model • Jac J.W. Andrews 3. Clinical reasoning and decision-making for specific learning disabilities • Dawn P. Flanagan 4. Attention, please! Clinical reasoning and decision-making for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder • Allison E. Gornik, Rachel A. Northrup and Alison E. Pritchard 5. Clinical reasoning and decision making for anxiety: unraveling the threads • Helena Flores 6. Clinical reasoning and decision-making for autism • Adam W. McCrimmon, Brittany Lorentz, Abdullah S. Bernier and Keelin McKiernan 7. Intellectual disabilities: clinical reasoning and decision-making • Steven R. Shaw and Yeon Hee Kang 8. Developmental-relational perspectives to guide clinical reasoning and decision-making for children experiencing behavior problems • Debra Pepler, Bianca Bondi and Leena Augimeri 9. Health-related disorders: clinical reasoning for assessment and intervention • Ara J. Schmitt, Paul C. Jones and Christy M. Walcott 10. Eating disorders: clinical reasoning for assessment and intervention • Sharon H.J Hou, Josie Geller and Jennifer S. Coelho 11. Psychological health and well-being within school organizations: clinical reasoning for assessment and intervention • Ester Cole and Maria Kokai Afterword Index