Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology

by Cecil R. Reynolds (Editor), Elaine Fletcher-Janzen (Editor)

Overview

Every chapter has been updated to reflect current thought and research in the field. Chapters devoted to specialized tests in neuropsychology have been updated to reflect new editions of these popular instruments. Special topic chapters have been added such as working in pediatric coma rehabilitation, using the planning, attention, sequential, simultaneous theory of neuropsychological processes, additions on ADHD, and more appear written by the leading experts and practitioners in these fields to reflect the demands of current practice in clinical child neuropsychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387788678
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	01/13/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	814
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Foundations and Current Issues.- Development of Neuropsychology as a Professional Psychological Specialty: History, Training, and Credentialing.- Development of the Child’s Brain and Behavior.- Development of Cerebral Lateralization in Children.- Development of Higher Brain Functions: Birth Through Adolescence.- Neuropsychology of Child Psychopathology.- Neurodevelopmental Malformations: Etiology and Clinical Manifestations.- Pediatric Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Amelioration.- Neuropsychological Basis of Learning Disabilities.- Measurement and Statistical Problems in Neuropsychological Assessment of Children.- Models of Inference in Evaluating Brain-Behavior Relationships in Children.- Neuropsychological Diagnosis.- Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Batteries for Children.- The Nebraska Neuropsychological Children’s Battery.- Applications of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd Edition in Neuropsychological Assessment.- Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment with the Test of Memory and Learning, Second Edition.- Utilizing a Neuropsychological Paradigm for Understanding Common Educational and Psychological Tests.- Assessment of Behavior and Personality in the Neuropsychological Diagnosis of Children.- Psychophysiological Evaluation of Neuropsychological Disorders in Children.- The Assessment of the Hispanic Child.- Techniques of Intervention.- Neurocognitive Interventions for Childhood and Adolescent Disorders: A Transactional Model.- Brain Injury Rehabilitation of Children and Youth: Neurodevelopmental Perspectives.- The Neuropsychology of Pediatric Epilepsy and Antiepileptic Drugs.- Neuropsychological Effects of Stimulant Medication on Children’s Learning and Behavior.- Nonstimulant Psychotropic Medication: Desired and Adverse Cognitive Events.- Special Topics in Clinical Child Neuropsychology.- Child Clinical Neuropsychology of Drug Abuse.- Neuropsychological Aspects of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Neurobehavioral and Neurodevelopmental Sequelae Associated with Pediatric HIV Infection.- Neuropsychological Sequelae of Chronic Medical Disorders in Children and Youth.- Coping and Adjustment of Children with Neurological Disorder.- Child Forensic Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach.- Neuropsychology and Coma Management.- Neuropsychological Aspects of Pervasive Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Using the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) Theory Within a Neuropsychological Context.- Erratum.

Editorial Reviews

This work serves as a text for undergraduate and graduate courses in clinical child neuropsychology and related fields, as a reference for practitioners and professors, and as a stimulant to research. Major sections address foundations and current issues, neuropsychological diagnosis, techniques of intervention, and new aspects of the field (including legal issues). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

From the reviews of the third edition:

“A useful, valid attempt to accomplish an integration of topics in an emerging field, representing both its diversity and its divergency.” (Contemporary Psychology, 43:9 (1998)

"Reynolds … and Fletcher-Janzen, who works in private practice, offer a handbook containing 32 chapters for psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, pediatricians, and physical and speech-language therapists on clinical child neuropsychology. … chapters cover the history of the field, child development, malformations, intervention, neuropsychological diagnosis, and special topics such as coping and aspects associated with HIV." (SciTech Book News, March, 2009)

"This book reviews the field from the necessary training to specific disorders to treatment and rehabilitation. … The audience is primarily clinical child neuropsychologists, but students of psychology and neuropsychology would also benefit from the comprehensive coverage. … This handbook is filled with an abundance of useful information and guidance in the practice of child neuropsychology. Readers will find it a welcome addition to their library … ." (Christopher J. Graver, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2009)

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