The Seventh Edition of Foundations of Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment of Children is designed to be used as a text in such courses as personality assessment, behavioral assessment, and child clinical assessment and as a reference source for students and professionals.
The Seventh Edition can also be used together with Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations, Sixth Edition and Assessment with the WAIS–IV to provide in-depth coverage of assessment of children and young adults.
Every chapter in the Seventh Edition has been rewritten to make the text more comprehensive, relevant, readable, up to date, and informative. The Seventh Edition contains new material on theoretical perspectives useful for assessment, trauma and trauma-informed care, bullying and cyberbullying, child maltreatment, disruptive disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, substance-related disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, adaptive behavior, functional behavioral assessment, and executive functions.
In addition, the Seventh Edition contains reviews of several standardized measures for assessing behavioral, social, and emotional functioning of children and for assessing parenting and family functioning. Although the Seventh Edition is not accompanied by a Resource Guide, as was found in the Sixth Edition, it now includes checklists and brief interviews useful for evaluating various psychological disorders.
