Description
Book SynopsisDr. Andrew Gersten is a private practitioner specializing in the assessment and treatment of children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Since his internship training at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Developmental Clinic in 1986 he has provided cognitive and psychological assessments of childrenpre-school through adolescence. He has worked in community mental health as a therapist, assessor, and supervisor and has consulted to elementary and middle schools on school climate, behavioral program development and special education services. In addition, Andy is a teacher, presenter, supervisor, and researcher. He has been teaching in counseling programs for over 19 years.
Andy is currently adjunct faculty at Antioch University New England where he has been teaching Assessment: Principles and Methods and Psychopathology: an Ecological Approach since 2008. Prior to Antioch he was an Associate Professor of Counseling at Rivier College, Nashua
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychological Assessment
Chapter 2: Ethical and Legal Considerations: Preparing for the Assessment
Chapter 3: Interviewing adults and youth: Principles, Methods and Skills
Chapter 4: Exploring Presenting Problems, Readiness for Change, and Risks and Resources
Chapter 5: Observations, Inferences, and Behavioral Assessment
Chapter 6: Psychological Tests and Measurement Concepts
Chapter 7: Reliability and Validity
Chapter 8: Personality and Interest Measures
Chapter 9: Assessing Psychopathology: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 10: Child and adolescent measures
Chapter 11: Standardized Risk Assessments: Suicide and Dangerousness to Others
Chapter 12: Assessing Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 13: Assessment of Intellectual and Cognitive Abilities and Achievement
Chapter 14: Assessing the Therapeutic Alliance
Chapter15: Putting it All Together
