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Book SynopsisEntering the Child's Mind teaches a powerful technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. Ginsburg presents the 'clinical interview' as an invaluable tool that, when understood and used properly, can provide psychologists with a profound appreciation for children's thinking.
Trade Review'Ginsburg's excellent account of the clinical interview should appeal to anyone who works, or is thinking of working with children.' Janine Spencer, London Guildhall University
Table of Contents1. The need to move beyond standardized methods; 2. What is the clinical interview? Where did it come from? Why do it?; 3. What happens in the clinical interview; 4. Not a cookbook: guidelines for conducting a clinical interview; 5. Evaluating clinical interviews: how good are they; 6. Towards the future: the clinical interview and the curriculum; Appendix.
