Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology / Edition 3

by Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen

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:	9781441981455
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/08/2010
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2009
Pages:	814
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Reynolds, Cecil R. (Texas A & M Univ); Fletcher-Janzen, Elaine (The Brown Schools of West Texas)

The contributors represent the specialties of psychology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, and neurology. Most are from U.S. universities and academic medical centers, with one each from Canada, Spain, and Ecuador. Institutions prominently represented include Emory Univ, Univ of Florida, Brigham Young Univ, Ball State Univ, and Colorado State Univ.

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

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)

From the Publisher

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

Reviewer: Christopher J Graver, PhD, ABPP-CN(Madigan Healthcare System)
Description: Clinical child neuropsychology is a highly specialized field requiring advanced training in developmental psychology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology. This book reviews the field from the necessary training to specific disorders to treatment and rehabilitation.
Purpose: The book appears to have several aims. The first is to provide an overview of the field, the training and credentialing necessary to practice in the field, and other professional issues. The second is to provide information about the assessment process, and the third is to extensively review the literature regarding specific diseases and related treatments.
Audience: The audience is primarily clinical child neuropsychologists, but students of psychology and neuropsychology would also benefit from the comprehensive coverage. The editors and contributing authors are well-known and recognized experts in the field.
Features: There are many updates to this third edition, including new chapters and new authors. Some areas of new or expanded coverage include ADHD, learning disabilities, drug abuse, Hispanic populations, and pervasive developmental disorders. The book is bursting with information, sometimes with seemingly unending text without benefit of tables or figures, which would make it more readable. The information is generally of high quality and up to date. The inclusion of literature reviews for treatment options is especially welcome. Nevertheless, the chapter on pediatric brain injury rehabilitation is feeble, with many references to adult programs. Readers will find coverage of different neuropsychological approaches to the assessment of children, but the inclusion of the Luria-Nebraska battery is perplexing, given that the test author could come up with only two references to support it, one of them being the test manual. Chapters on the use of psychotropics in children are of critical importance and live up to expectations. The references throughout the book are generally excellent, but occasionally study conclusions are overinterpreted without an analytical look at methodological study flaws (e.g., claims about cognitive dysfunction associated with PTSD). There could be better coverage of learning disabilities, as well medical conditions, as both receive short shrift. Additionally, there is a vast hole in the book, with no discussion of motivation, effort, and symptom validity, which can have more influence on low performance than genuine neurological illness. Thus, practitioners failing to consider this issue are not only practicing in a substandard way according to professional guidelines, but also run the risk of misattributing the cause of low scores, which in itself can have devastating outcomes for children.
Assessment: 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, as long as they are aware that it is focused more on the practice of child neuropsychology than on providing a comprehensive review of neuropsychological functioning in various diseases.

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